CONTENTS. 



Page 

 X. The Birds of Yemen, south-western Arabia, with an account 

 of his journey thither by the collector, Mr. G. Wyman Bury. 

 By W. L. ScLATEE, M.A., M.B.O.U. (Plates HI. & TV., 

 & Text-figure 1.) 129 



XI. Some Befleetions on the Breeding-habits of the Cuckoo 

 (CkcuIus canorus). By Major E. F. Meiklejohn, D.S.O., 

 Eoyal "Warwickshire Regiment, M.B.O.U 186 



XII. Notes on the Nidification of some Indian Falconidae. By 



E. C. Stuart Bakee, M.B.O.U. (Plate V.) . . . . ". 224 



XIII. Note on the Acclimatisation of the Australian Black Swan 

 {Chenopsis atrata). By R, T. Gcnther, M.A., P.Z.S. 

 (Text-figure 2.) 241 



XIV. Obituary: Frederick Courteney Selous (Plate VI.) ; Auberon 

 Thomas Herbert, Baron Lucas' and Dingwall ; Richard 

 Orlando Beaconsfield Bridgeman ; Richard James Balston ; 

 Thomas Hudson Nelson ; Edgar Alexander Mearns; Foster 

 Ellenborough Lascelles Beal , , . 244 



XV. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



Baker on Indian Game Birds ; Despott on Maltese Breeding 

 Birds ; Mathews on the Birds of Australia ; Peters on a new 

 Swift ; Riley on new Neotropical Birds ; Thorburn's British 

 Birds ; Whistler on Punjab Birds ; Bird Notes ; The Condor ; 

 Irish Naturalist ; Messager Ornithologique ; Revue Fran^aise 

 d'Ornithologie ; Scottish Naturalist ; Yearbook of the Barcelona 

 Science Club ; Yearbook of the Dutch Bird-Club ; and List of 

 other Ornithological Publications received 252 



XVI. Letters, Extracts, and Notes: — 



Letters from C. F. M. Swynnerton, IL R. Jourdain, J. H. 

 Gurney, C. J. Finch-Davies, and F. E. Blaauw ; Annual General 

 Meeting of the British Ornithologists' Union ; The Selous 

 INIemorial 268 



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 to the Editor. 



Members are requested to inform the Secretary, c/o The Zoological Society 

 of London, Regent's Park, N.W., of any change of Address, so that the 

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