CONTENTS. 



XI. 

 XII. 



XIII. 



XIV. 



XV. 



XVI. 



XVII. 



XVIII. 

 XIX. 



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Field Notes on tlie Birds of Macedonia. With special 

 reference to the Struma Plain. By F. X. Chasen, 

 Castle Museuui, Norwich 185 



Some preliminary remarks on the Velocity of Migratory 

 Flight among Birds, with special reference to the 

 Palseartic Region. By Colonel 11. Meinertzhagen, 

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



Field Notes ou the Birds of Lower Egypt. By W. Raw, 

 M.B.O.U. With contributions by Colonel B. Sparrow, 

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

 JouKDAiN, M.A., M.B.O.U 238- 



The Birds of Tasso and adjoining Islands of the Rokelle 

 River, Sierra Leone By Willotjchby P. Lowe, 

 M.B.O.U. With notes by David A. Bannerman, 

 B.A., M.B.O.U. (Text-figure 3.) 265 



A Systematic List of the Birds of Sierra Leone. By David 

 A. Bannerman, M.B.E., B.A., M.B.O.U. . .". 



J. F. Miller's Icones. By C. Davies Sherborn and 

 Tom Iredale 



Report of the Sub-Committee, consisting of Dr. E. Hartert, 

 Messrs. T. Iredale, and W. L. Sclater, on Amendments 

 and proposed Alterations to the Names in the B. 0. U. 

 List of British Birds, as accepted by the Committee of 

 the B. 0. U. on the British Bird List 310 



Obituary : Robert Birkbeck ; Charles Edward Fagan, 



C.B.E., I.S.O. ; Henry Jones 317 



Notices of recent Ornithological Publications: — 



Bartsch on the Birds of the Tortugas ; Chapman on variation 

 in Osthiops decvvianns; Christiani ou a new Hock-Pipit; 

 Coward on British Birds ; Howard on Territory in Bird- 

 Life ; Ilelhnayr's recent papers on Neotropical Birds ; 

 Laubmaun on Lesson's Types ; Lavauden on Tunisian Birds ; 

 McGregor on Philippine Birds ; Mathews on Australian 

 Birds ; Mathews on the dates of Ornithological Publications ; 

 Murphy on tlie Sea-birds of Peru ; Peters on a new Jay ; 

 Ridgway on new Genera of Birds; Riley on new Malayan 

 Birds ; Robinson and Kloss on the names of the Jungle-Fowls ; 

 Skovgaard on Danish Birds ; Stresenianu on the races of 

 Long-tailed Tits and Bullfinches ; Bird-Lore ; The Condor ; 

 Fauna och Flora; Le Gerfaut ; Irish Naturalist; Scottish 

 Naturalist ; and List of other Ornithological Publications 

 received 319 



Letters, Extracts, and Notes : — 



Letters from P. R. Lowe and C. Mackworth-Praed on the 

 Last Phase of the Subspecies, from J. L. Bonhote on the 

 Nomenclature of Plumages, from E. G. B. Meade-Waldo 

 on Nestling Owls, and from H. C. Robinson on the Status of 

 Ficus rubricollaris Baker; The Annual General Meeting «i 

 the British Ornithologists' Union ; The Oxford University 

 Spitsbergen Expedition ; Personalia 344 



Communications intended for publication in 'The Ibis ' should be addressed 

 to the Editor, 10 Sloane Court, Chelsea, S.AV. 1. 



Members arc requested to inform the Secretary, Chief Police Office, 

 West India Docks, London, E. 14, of any change of Address, so that the 

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