CONTENTS OF NUMBER X. 



Page 

 XL On new or little-known Birds of North-Eastern Africa. By 

 HofrathTHEODOR von Heugltn. (Part III. The Barbels, 



Capitonidce.) 121 



XII. On some additional Species of Birds received in Collections 



from Natal. By John Henry Gurney, M.P., F.Z.S.. . 128 



XIII. Notes on a living specimen of a singular Grallatorial Bird 



from New Caledonia. By Dr. G. Bennett, F.Z.S 136 



XIV. Quesal-shooting in Vera Paz. By Osbert Salvin, M.A., 



F.Z.S 138 



XV. Notes on the Birds of the Falkland Islands. By Capt. C. C. 

 Abbott, late in command of Detachments in the Falkland 

 Islands 149 



XVI. Narrative of a Shooting Excursion to the Mountains of the 

 Richmond River, New South Wales, in quest of Prince Al- 

 bert's Lyre-bird. By A. A. Leyc ester 167 



XVII. Notice of the occurrence of the American Meadow-Starling 



(^Stu)-)iella ludoviciana) in England. B)' P. L. Sclater. . 1/6 



XVIII. Ornithological Notes from Mauritius. By Edward Newton, 



M.A., C.M.Z.S. No. I. A Visit to Round Island 180 



XIX. On the American Barbets {Capitonidcie) . By P. L. Sclater. 182 

 XX. On the Possibility of taking an Ornithological Census. By 



Alfred Newton, M. A., F.L.S 1 90 



XXL Recent Ornithological Publications : — 196 



1. English Publications : — Tristram's 'Great Sahara:' Bennett's 

 ' Gatherings of a Naturalist :' Walker's Notes on Arctic Zoology. 



2. German and Dutch Publications: — Philippi's 'Desert of Atacama:' 

 ' Journal fiir Ornithologie : ' Badeker's ' Eggs of European Birds :' 

 Schlegel on Black Cockatoos and Paradise-birds. 



3. Scandinavian and Russian Publications: — Victorin's S. African 

 * Zoological Notes : ' v. Schrenck's Birds of Amoorland. 



4. American Publications : — Cassin's Birds of St. Thomas : Annals 

 of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York : Lawrence's 

 Notes on Cuban Birds, &c. : Le Moine's List of the Birds of 

 Quebec. 



XXII. Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, &c 210 



Letters from Mr. J. Cavafy, Mr. Beaven Rake, Mr. A. R. Wallace, 

 and Mr. Blyth : English Singing-birds in Austi-alia. 



TO OOLOGISTS AND ORNITHOLOGISTS. 



Mr. J. C. STEVENS begs to announce that he has received instructions to Sell by 

 Auction, at bis Great Room, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, April 23, 

 at half-past Twelve preciselv, the SUPERB AND UNIQUE COLLECTION 

 OF BRITISH BIRDS' EGGS belonging to the Museum of a late celebrated Phy- 

 sician, amongst which will be found the only specimen known of the Swallow- 

 tailed Kite from Mariposa. The Golden Eagles and nearly all the Raptores were 

 taken in the Isle of Arran, and constitute a large and valuable British series. 

 An Egg of the Brambling is from Mr. Dashwood's garden at Beceles (the only 

 instance on record of their breeding in England), and one from the same nest 

 IS figured in Hewitson : there is also an undoubted sjiecimen of the Greenland 

 Falcon. The whole Collection is most valuable, and is unrivalled for the authen- 

 ticity, the labour and care which its owner had bestowed u])on it. The majority 

 were taken in his own presence, except a few from Wolley and from Thienemaiui. 

 Also the whole of the verv EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF BRITISH 

 AND FOREIGN BIRD SKINS, many of them beautifully stuffed to lie in 

 drawers. The Raptores are particularly fine and are very extensive. Catalogues 

 are preparing, and will be ready ten days before the Sale. 



