CONTENTS. Xiii 



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Number XXIV., October. 



XXXII. Notes on various Birds observed in Italian Mu- 

 seums in 1866. By the Baron de Selys-Longchamps, Member 



of the Royal Academy of Belgium 449 



XXXIII. Remarks on some disjiuted species of New-Zealand 

 Birds. By Waltek Btjller, F.L.S., F.G.S., C.M.Z.S. . . . 455 



XXXIV. Note on the " Telia gr a " of Le VaiUcmt. By E. 



L. Layard, F.Z.S. &c . 4(50 



XXXV. List of Birds obtained in the Irawadi vaUey around 

 Ava, Thayet Myo, and Bassein. By W. T. Blanford, C.M.Z.S. 



&c 462 



XXXVI. On Additional Collections of Birds from the Fantee 

 Country. By R. B. Sharpe, F.L.S., Libr.Z.S., Sc. (Plate 

 XIV.) 470 



XXXVII. Fourth Appendix to a List of Birds observed in 

 Malta and Gozo. By Charles A. Wright, C.M.Z.S. . . . 488 



XXXVIII. Notes on some Old-World species of Passerine 

 Birds. By H. B. Tristram, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. . . . 49H 



XXXIX. On a new Muscicapine bird from Madagascar. By 



R. B. Sharpe, F.L.S., Libr. Zool. Soc, &c. (Plate XV.) . . 498 



XL. Third List of Birds collected during the Survej- of the 

 Straits of Magellan by Dr. Cunninr/ham. By P. L. Sclater, 

 M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., and Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 With additional Note by the Editor 499 



XLI. Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. English: — Blanford's 'Abyssinia'; Marshalls' ' Cajnto- 

 mdce,'' parts i.-iv. ; Sharpe's , '^Zc^'rfiH.n/n?,' parts vii.-ix. ; Wal- 

 lace's ' Contributions to the theory of Natural Selection ' ; Mor- 

 rell's 'Comparative Anatomy — Aues': Im Thurn's 'Birds of 

 Marlborough ' 504 



2. French : — Alphonse Milne-Edwards's ' Recherchcs anato- 

 miques et paleontologiqnes,' livr. 26-30, and ' Oiseaux Fossiles.' 510 



3. Belgian :— Dubois's * Planches colorices dcs Oiseaux de la 

 Belgique' and 'Planches coloriees des Oiseaux de I'Europe." . 511 



