CONTENTS OE NUMBER XL 



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 XXIII. Notes on Birds observed in Oudh and Kumaon. By Capt. 



L. Howard Irby, 90th Regt. (Plate VII.) 217 



XXIV. Notes on the Birds observed about Talien Bay (North 

 China), from June 21st to July 25th, 1860. By Robert 

 SwTNHOE, of H.M.'s Consular Service 251 



XXV. Letter from Mr. Swinhoe on the Ornithology of Amoy 



and Foochow 262 



XXVI. Note on the Calcutta ♦ Adjutant ' {Leptoptilus argala). By 

 Edward Blyth, Curator of the Asiatic Society's Museum, 

 Calcutta 268 



XXVII. Ornithological Notes from the Mauritius. By Edward 



Newton, M.A., C.M.Z.S.— No. II. A Ten Days' Sojourn 



at Savanne 270 



XXVIII. Remarks on the Geographical Distribution of the Genus 



Turdus. By P. L. Sclater. (Plate VIII.) 277 



XXIX. On the Ornithology of Ceram and Waigiou. By Alfred 



R. Wallace. (Plate IX.) .' 283 



XXX. On the Diversity in the Estimate of the European Ornis, 



and its Causes. By Dr. J. H. Blasius ' 292 



XXXI. Recent Ornithological Publications :— 302 



1. English Publications -.—Richardson's 'Polar Regions:' Du 

 Chaillu's ' Equatorial Africa.' 



2. French Publications :—' Richesses Ornithologiques de Midi de 

 la France : ' Salle's and Parzudaki's Sale-Catalogues. 



3. Russian and Scandinavian Publications :— v. Wright's Birds of 

 Finland : Reinhardt's Ornithological Papers. 



XXXII. Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, &c 307 



Letter from Mr. Beaven Rake ; Extracts of letters from Mr. J. J 

 Monteiro and Mr. A. R. Wallace ; Note on the Nomenclature of 

 some Falkland-Island Birds : A new Cossowary. 



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