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 XXV. Letters, Extracts, and ^S'otes : — 



Letters from Col. H. W. Feilden, Mr. M. J. Nicoll, and 

 Dr. Percy B-. Lowe. Proposed Prohibition to Import the 

 Plumage and Skins of "Wild Birds ; Mr. Douglas Carruthers ; 

 Mr. J. C. McLean, M.B.O.U. ; The Birds of the Kuwcnzorian 

 Expedition ; The Raffles Museum at Singapore ; Live Paradise- 

 Birds in London ; New Expedition to East Africa ; Pallas's 

 Sand-Grouse ; The Jubilee of the B. 0. U. ; The German 

 Ornithological Society 541 



Numheu YIIL, October. 



XXVI. On the Position of the Ear in the Woodcock (Scolopa.v 

 rusticula). By W. P. Pvckaft, E.Z.S., M.B.O.U 551 



XXVII. Observations regarding the Breeding-Seasons of 

 the Birds in Southern Karaerun. By G. L. Bates, C.M.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. (Plate XI.) 558 



XXVIII. Additional Notes on the True Pheasants (Phasi- 

 anus). By Skrgius Ji. Butuulin, F.M.B.O.U 570 



XXIX. On the Russian Arctic Expedition of 1900-1903.— 

 Part IL By H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U 593 



XXX. Additional Notes on the Birds of Formosa. By 



W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. (Plates XII. & XIII.) 600 



XXXI. The Report on the British Museum for 1907 . . 608 



XXXII. Obituary: Professor Barboza nu Bocage . . .611 



XXXIII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications: — 



79. Amundsen's North-West Passage 612 



80. ' Annals of Scottish Natural History ' 612 



81. Arrigoni degli Oddi on the Birds in the Collection of 



the Marchesa M. Paulucci ........ 614 



82. 'The Avicultural Magazine' 614 



