CONTENTS OF NUMBER VIII.— NINTH SERIES. 



Page 

 XXVI. On the Position of the Ear in the Woodcock (Scohjxix 



rusticuh). By W. P. PYCRiFX, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. . .551 

 XXYII. Observations regarding the Breeding-Seasons of the Birds 

 in Southern Kamerun. Bj' G. L. Bates, C.M.Z.S., 



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



XXVIII. Additional Notes on the True Pheasants (Phasianus). By 



Sergius a. BrTTJRLiN, F.M.B.O.U 570 



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



Part II. By H. E. Dbessee, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. . . .593 

 XXX. Additional Notes on the Birds of Formosa. By W. R. 



0<silvie-Grant. (Plates XII. & XIII.) 600 



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



XXXII. Obituary: Professor Barboza du Bocage 611 



XXXIII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications ; — 



79. Amundsen's North-West Passage I f 1 9 



80. * Annals of Scottish Natural History ' ( 



! 



81. Arrigoni degli Oddi on tlie Birds in the Collection of ^i 



the Marchesa M. Paulucci J- 614 



82. * Avicultiiral Magazine ' 



83. Balducci on the Sterna of Italian Birds 



84. Bangs and Peck on Bh'ds from British 



85. Beebee on the Seasonal Changes of Colour in Birds 



y 



84. Bangs and Peck on Bh'ds from British Honduras . . ) 



86. Berlepsch on the Birds of Cayenne f 



87. The Budgett Memorial Volume I g-i y 



88. Carriker on Birds from Costa Rica ( 



89. ' The Emu ' . . _ 618 



90. Flower on Zoological Gardens 619 



91. Gadow and Gardiner on Birds from the Coral-Islands 



of the Indian Ocean . 620 



92. Goeldi on the Names of Two South' Anieiican Birds .■! goi 



93. Goeldi on a new Genus of Trogons j 



94. Hellmayr on Ornithology in 1904 [ g.,t) 



9o. Hellmayr on the Birds of Goyaz, BiRzi I ( 



96. ' Irish Naturalist ' 623 



97. INIartorelli on Lanius Jiomcyeri in Italy ) q.-^j 



98. Miller on the Manakins of the Genus Chiroxiphia . . | 



99. OttossoH on rare Birds' Eggs I r>c)-c 



100. Report of the Field-Museum, Chicago, 1907 . . . . ( "'' 



101. Rothschild's 'Extinct Birds' 626 



102. Schajck on Fatio's Collection of Birds J 



103. Simon and Hellmayr's Notes on the Nomenclature of/ q^^ 



certain Trochilidao f 



104. Snethlage on the Birds of the Rio Pnrus ) 



105. Snodgrass and Heller on the Birds of the Galapagos . 630 



XXXIV. Letters, Extracts, and Not«s : — 



Letters from Dr. A. B. Meyer, Mr. Michael J. Nicoll, the Rev. 

 F. C.R. Jourdain, and Mr. T.H.Nelson. Ornithological \Vorks 

 in progress ; New Paradise-Birds in the Zoological Society's 



Gardens ; The Mediterranean Shearwaters 631 



Index of Scientific Names 637 



Index of Contents 655 



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