CONTENTS OP NUMBER XVII.— SEVENTH SERIES. 



I. On the Occurrence of Eadde's Bush-Warbler (Lnsciniola 



schivarzi) in England. By Howard Satjnders. (Plate I.). 1 



II. A Day's Egging on the Sandbanks of the Ganges. By 



William Jesse 4 



III. On the Habits of the Mound-building Birds ef Australia. 



By D. Le SouiiF, C.M.Z.S., Melbourne 9 



IV. On the Comparative Ages to which Birds live. By J. H. 



Gurnet, E.Z.S 19 



V. An Epitome of Dr. Walter's Ornithological Kesults of a 

 Voyage to East Spitsbergen, in the Tear 1889. By William 

 Eagle Clarke, F.L.S 42 



VI. On the Eesults of a Collecting-Tour of Three Months in 



Somaliland. By R. McD. Hawker, E.Z.S. (Plate II.) . 52 



VII. Field-notes on Birds collected in the Philippine Islands in 



1893-6. By John Whitehead 81 



VIII. On a Collection of Birds from Inhambane, Portuguese East 

 Africa. By W. L. Sclater, M.A., E.Z.S., Director of the 

 South African Museum, With Field-notes by H. E. Francis. Ill 



IX. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Nos. LVI. & 



LVII 115 



X. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. Alcocli on the Birds of the Pamirs 1 



2. Annals of Scottish Natural History, Nos. 27 and 28, July i 129 



and October 1898 • . . . . | 



3. Arundel on Ackworth Birds i 1 qn 



4. Audubon and his Journals f 



5. ' The Auk.' July and October 1898 131 



6. Beddard on the Structure and Classification of Birds . . . 133 



7. Butler's 'Birds of Indiana' i T^4 



8. Delaware- Valley Ornithological Club's ' Proceedings ' . . . j 



9. De Vis's Report on the Birds of British New Guinea, 1896-97. [ , .^r 



10. Hartert on Birds from Nias Island ( 



11. Hett's ' Dictionary of Bird Notes ' i iqc 



12. ' Irish Naturalist' . ._....( ^^^ 



13. Meyer on the Proceedings of the Deutsche Ornithologische 



Gesellschaft i 138 



14. Meyer and Wiglesworth : ' Birds of Celebes ' ) 



15. Nelson on new Mexican Birds (140 



16. Neumann on the Avifauna of German and British East- Africa. ( 



17. Neumann on the Species of Niimida 1 



18. North's Ornithological Notes i 143 



19. Oustalet on the Birds of the Marianne Islands ) 



20. Oustalet on Birds from Setchuau i 144 



21. Oustalet on new Birds from China and ludo-China . . . ( 



22. Oustalet on Birds from Indo-Chiaa 



23. Oustalet on the Struthiones \ 145 



24. Oustalet on Birds from British Central Africa .... 



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