CONTENTS OF NUMBEU XIV.— THIRD SERIES. 



XIII. Additional List of and Notes on Birds obtained in the Re- 



public of Trans -Vaal. By Thomas Atres. (Communicated 



by John Heney Gxjkney). (Plate III.) 101 



XIV. Notes on the Avifauna of the Desert of Sinai and of the Holy 



Land. Part I. By Alexander W. M. Clark Keksedy, 

 F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., &c., Coldstream Guards 107 



XV. Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. By Walter 



L. BuLLER, Sc.D., F.L.S., &c 112 



XVI. Remarks on Mr. Legge's Paper on Ceylouese Birds. By E. 



W. H. HoLDSwoETH, F.L.S. &c 122 



XVII. On a further Collection of Birds made by Lieut. Robert Ward- 

 law Ramsay, F.Z.S., in the Andaman Islands. By Arthur, 

 Viscount Waldex P.Z.S., F.R.S. (Plates IV.-VI.) . . 127 



XVIII. On some Birds from Hakodadi in Northern Japan. By R. 



SwiNHOE (Plate VII.) 150 



XIX. Descriptionof anew Species of PyieZia. By Dr. G. Hartlaitb 166 



XX. Notice of Pere David's Travels in China. By P. L. Sclater, 



Ph.D., M.A., F.R.S 167 



XXI. New and forthcoming Bird-Books. By the Acting Editor. 172 



XXII. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Mr. J. H. Gumey, Mr. R. Swinhoe (two), and Mr. 

 W. E. Brooks; Note on >'^uya snperciliaris, Hume; Dr. Kirk's 

 Grey Parrot; Proposed newwork of Mr. Clark Kennedy; Sale of 

 the Collections of Humming-birds of the late M. Bourcier and 

 M. E. Verreaux ; The New I'aradise-birda and their Discoverers ; 

 Corrigenda in the Supplement of 1873 ; Latest news of Mr. Salvin 

 and Oreophasis derhianus in Vera Paz 181 



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Communications may be addressed to tlie Editor, Osbert Salvin, Esq., 

 G Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, W. Advertisements &c. to the Pub- 

 lisher, John Van Vooest, 1 Paternoster Row, London, E.G. 



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