CONTENTS. 



Page 

 I. On a recently described Woodpecker from Siam. By E. C. 



Stuakt Baker, M.B.O.IJ. (Plate I.) ....'.. . 1 



II. Notes on the Birds of North-East Chihli, in North China. 



Part III. By J. D. D. La Topcre, CM Z.S., M.B.O.U. . 3 



III. On some Western Australian Birds collected between the 



North-West Cape and Albany (t-'SO miles apart). By Thomas 

 Cartge, M.B.O.U., M.B.A.O.XJ. With Nomenclature and 

 Remarks by Gregory M. Mathews, M.B.O.U., M.R.A.O.U. 

 (Text-figure 1.) 48 



IV. Remarks on rare and otherwise interesting Birds contained 



in Collections made by Mr. G. L, Bates in Southern 

 Cameroon. By David A. Bannerman, JNF.B.E., B.A., 

 M.B.O.U 81 



y. On the Genus Macro^pJiemis Cassin, with special reference 

 to the races of 31acros2>7ienus Jlavicans. By David A. 

 ^ Bannerman, M.B.E, B.A., M.B.O.U 121 



VI. A Note on the Breeding Birds of Crete. By Cul. R, 



Meinektzhagen, D.S.O., M.B.O.U., F.Z.S 126 



VII. The Economic Status of the Kingfisher, AJcedo ispida Linn. 

 By Walter E. Collinge, D.Sc, E.L.S., M.B.O.U. (Text- 

 figure 2.) 139 



VIII. Obituary: Sir John Arthur Brooke, Bt. ; George Wyiuan 

 Bury; William Dutcher; Robert Etheridge; John Gerrtird; 

 Charles William Sheppard ; Herbert Huntington Smith . 153 



IX. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



Corj''s Catalogue of American Birds ; Cory on the Genus 

 Rhyncltocydus ; Ilellniayr's recent papers ; Hingston's Hima- 

 layan observations : Howard on Bird Territories ; Laubniann 

 on the Kingfisher ; Ltiunberg on the Birds of Juan Fernandez 

 and Easter Islands ; McClyniont's Ornithological Essays ; 

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

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

 the lufiuence of Man on Animals; Robinson and KIoss on 

 Siimatran 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 Burrowing Owl ; Aquila ; The Auk ; 

 ElHornero; List of other Ornithological Publications received. 156 



X. Letters, Extracts, and Notes : — 



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

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

 the Black-headed Gull, and Irom Capt. CoUingwood Ingram 

 on Nestlinji- Birds ; Meeting of the American Ornitholugists' 

 Union; Wild Birds Protection Acts; Russian Ornithologists; 

 Personalia " . . 180 



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