CONTENTS OF NUMBER VIII.— THIRD SERIES. 



Page 

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



r.L.S., F.Z.S., &c 345 



XLI. Note on some of th.e Cranial Peculiarities of the Woodpeckers. 



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 Arthttk Viscount Walden, P.Z.S., 

 F.R.S. (Plate XII.) 3(30 



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



E.L.8. &c. (Plates XIII.-XV.) 383 



XLIV. Index to the Ornithological Literature of 1871. By Osbeet 

 Salvin, M.A., F.Z.S,, &c., and Philip Ltjtlet Sclater, M.A., 

 Ph.D., r.E,.S., &c 413 



XLY. Letters, Announcements, »fec. : — 



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. Holds- 

 worth ; Obituary N otice of Sir Andrew Smith ....... 468 



Index 475 



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