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 XLVII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



116. 'Annals of Scottish Natural History' 719 



117. 'The Auk' 720 



118. Berg's Critical Eemarks on Chilian Birds .... 722 



119. Berg's Ornithological Notes 722 



120. Blanford on the Distribution of Indian Animals . . 723 



121. Campbell's 'Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds' . 723 



122. Chapman on the Great Blue Heron of America . . 724 



123. De Vis on a new Parrot 725 



124. Finsch's Lists of the_ Birds of the Leydcn Museum . 725 



125. Finsch on a new Eruit-Pigeon 726 



126. Forbes on rare Birds in the Derby Museum . . .726 



127. Hartert on the Birds of the Key Islands and of 



Ceram-Laut 726 



128. Hartert on the Birds of Timor- Laut 726 



129. Heathcote on the Birds of St. Kilda 727 



130. Hellmayr on the Parkhe, Siftulce, and Certliiidce . . 727 



131. Helms on the Food of Danish Owls 728 



132. Jacobi on Biogeographieal Distribution 728 



133. Le Souef on the Birds of the Riverina District of 



New South Wales 729 



134. Lorenz-Liburnau's History of Ornithology in Austria 729 



135. Nelson on the Birds of Yorkshire 730 



136. Nisbett and Finn on the Kaleege Pheasants . . . 730 



137. North on the Destru.ction of Birds in Australia . . 731 



138. Oates's Catalogue of Birds' Eggs 731 



139. Reichenow's 'Birds of Africa' 732 



140. Rothschild and Hartert on Papuan Birds .... 733 



141. Shufeldt on the Osteology of the Penguins . . . 733 



142. Shufeldt on Scopus and Balmiiceps 734 



143. Shufeldt on the Herodiones 734 



144. Slater on the Birds of Iceland 735 



XLVIIL Letters, Extracts, Notices, tfec. : — 



Letters from Messrs. F. Finn, Francis C. R. Jourdain, 

 W. Ruskin Butterfield, and Abel Chapman ; Sale of Alphonse 

 Milne-Edwards's Library ; Honorary Degree for an Ornitholo- 

 gist ; The Collection of Birds in the British Museum; Spring 

 Birds at Mashad, N.E. Persia ; The Honey-guide in Abyssinia ; 



