CONTENTS. 



IX. Notices of recent Ornitholoj^ical Publications 



Page 



Cory's Catalop-iie of American Birds ; Cory on the Genns 

 Rhynchocyclus ; Hellmayr's recent papers ; Kingston's Hima- 

 layan observations : Howard ou Bird Territories ; Laubmann 

 on the Kingfisher ; Lonnberg on the Birds of Juan Fernandez 

 and Easter Islands ; McClymont's Ornithological Essays ; 

 Mathews on Australian Birds; Mullens, Swann, and Jour- 

 dain's Bibliography ; Ogilvie on British Birds ; Ritchie on 

 the Influence of Man on Animals ; Robinson and Kloss on 

 Simiatran Birds ; Stresemann on the Birds of Macedonia ; 

 Taverner's recent papers on Canadian Ornithology ; Todd on 

 new Colombian Birds; Townsend and Wetmore on Pacific 

 Island Birds ; Wetmore on lead-poisoning in Ducks ; Wood 

 on the eye of the Buri'owing Owl ; Aquila ; The Auk ; 

 El Hornero; List of other Ornithological Publications received. 156 



X. Letters, Extracts, and Notes : — 



Letters from A. L. Butler on the Birds of the Sudan, 

 from the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the Breeding-places of 

 the Black-headed Gull, and from Capt. Collingwood Ingram 

 on Nestling Birds ; Meeting of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union; Wild Bird* Protection Acts ; Rnssinn Ornithologists; 

 Personalia 180 



NuMBKR 2, April. 



XI. Field Notes on the Birds of Macedonia. With special 

 reference to the Struma Plain. By F. N. Chaskn, Castle 

 Museum, Norwich 185 



XII. Some preliminary remarks on the Velocity of Migra- 

 tory Flight among Birds, with special reference to the 

 Palaearctic Region. By Colonel E. Meinretzhagen, D.S.O., 

 M.B.O.U., F.Z.S. . . ' 228 



XIII. Field Notes on the Birds of Lower Egypt. By 

 W. Raw, M.B.O.U. With contributions by Colonel R. 

 Sparrow, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.B.O.U., and the Rev. F. C. 



R. Jourdain, M.A., M.B.O.U. . . , 238 



