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 XI. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Commander Sperling, Mr. Howard Saunders 

 (two letters), Mr. A. Anderson, Mr. J. H. Gurney, Captain 

 F. W. Hutton, Mr. W. T. Blanford, and Mr. Blj-th. An- 

 nouncement of Dr. Bessels's Embarcation with Captain Hall's 

 North Polar Expedition ; Necrological Notice of the late Mr. 

 E. C. Newcome; Mr. W. T. Blanford's appointment to the 

 Persian Boundary Expedition ; Mr. Salmon's new Expedition 

 to the United States of Columbia 74 



Number VI., April. 



XII. On Birds recently observed or obtained in the Island 

 of Negros, Philippines. By Akthtje, Viscount Walden, P.Z.S., 

 and Edgak Leopold Layard, F.Z.S. (Plates IV.-VL). ... 93 



XIII. Descriptions of six new Species of Indian Birds. By 

 Allan Hume, C.B 107 



XIV. Descriptions of two Genera of Paradiseidce, with Re- 

 marks on some of the Species. By D. G. Elliot, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., &c Ill 



XV. Supplementary Notes to ' The Birds of India.' By 

 T. C. Jerdon, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Retired Deputy Inspector General 

 of Hospitals, Madras. [Continued from page 22.] (Plate 

 VII.) , 114 



XVI. On the FHght of Birds. By Capt. F. W. Hutton, 

 C.M.Z.S 139 



XVII. On Charadrius asiaticus and C. damarensis. By Dr. 



0. FiNscH 144 



XVIII. Remarks on the Mniotiltine Genus Geothlypis. By 

 OsBERT Salvin, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c 147 



XIX. Contribution to the History of the Blue Crow of 

 America. By Elliott Coues, M.A., M.D., Ph.D. &c. . . . 152 



XX. Notes on the Resident and Migratory Birds of Madeira 

 and the Canaries. By F. Du Cane Godman, F.Z.S., &c. . . 158 



