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JUNE, 1900. 



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Frontispiece. 



The Catbirds' Home 145 



Original and Selected Articles. 



Birds of the Road.— VI. By Paul Bartsch 147 



Bird Notes. By I,ady Broome 150 



William Swainson and his Times. — IV. By Theodore Gill... 154 



Comments. 



Significance and Etymology' of the word Mammals I57 



Unpublished Correspondence of William Swainson 159 



Letters. 



A Colossal Bird 159 



Birds of Cuba 159 



Notes. 



The remains of the late Dr. Coues 160 



The small Emu of Kangaroolsland 160 



Literature. 



A New Edition of White's Selborne 160 



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