CONTENTS. XIU 



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 Number VIII., October. 



XL. The Humming-birds of the West Indies. By D. G. 

 Elliot, F.L.S., F.Z.8., &c 345 



XLI. Note ou some of the Cranial Peculiarities of the Wood- 

 peckers.' By A. H. Garrod, B.A., Prosector to the Zoological 

 Society 357 



XLII. On a Collection of Birds recently made by Mr. A. H. 

 Everett in Northern Borneo. By Arthur Viscount Walden, 

 P.Z.S., F.R.S. (Plate XII.) 360 



XLIII. On the Motmots and their Affinities. By Dr. James 

 MuRiE, F.L.S. &c. (Plates XIII.-XV.) 383 



XLIV. Index to the Ornithological Literature of 1871. By 

 Osbert Salvtn, M.A., F.L.S., &c. and Philip Lutlet Sclater, 

 M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., &c 413 



XLV. Letters, Announcements, &c. 



Letters from Mr. A. 0. Hume, Mr. W. E. Brooks, Mr. J. F. 

 Dillon, Viscount Walden, Mr. J. H. Gurney, and Mr. E. W. H. 

 Holdsworth ; Obituary Notice of Sir Andrew Smith .... 468 



Index . . . , 475 



