CONTENTS OF VOL. I.— EIGHTH SERIES. 



(1901.) 



Nttmber I., January, 



Page 



I. On a Specimen of the Extinct Dromceus ater discovered 

 in the Royal Zoological Museum, Florence. By Henry H. 

 GiGLioLi, H.M.B.O.U,, F.M.Z.S,, Director of the Museum . . 1 



II. On a new Species of Blue Wren from King Island, Bass 

 Strait. By A. J. Campbell (Melbourne) 10 



III. Ornithological Notes from South Brazil. By H, von 

 Ihering 12 



IV. Birds'-nesting Notes from the Transvaal. By Alwin C. 

 Haagner 15 



V. Notes on the Nesting and other Habits of some South- 

 African Birds. By R. H. Ivy 18 



VI. On the Specific Validity of PJoceus megarhynclius Hume. 

 By F. Finn, Deputy Superintendent, Indian Museum, Calcutta. 

 (Plate I.) 29 



VII. List of Birds obtained in British East Africa. By F. J. 

 Jackson, C.B., F.Z.S.— Part II. With Notes by R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, LL.D. &c. (Plates II. & III.) 33 



