CONTENTS OF NUMBER XXIV.— NEW SERIES. 



Pagf! 

 XXXII. Notes on various Birds observed in Italian Museums in 1866. By 

 the Baron de Selys-Lokgchamps, Member of the Royal Academy of 

 Belgium 449 



XXXIII. Remarks on some disputed species of New-Zealand Birds. By 



Walter Bullek, F.L.S., F.G.S., C.M.Z.S 455 



XXXIV. Note on the "Tchagra" of Le Vaillant. By E. L. Latard, F.Z.S. &c. 460 



XXXV. List of Birds obtained in the Irawadi valley around Ava, Thayet Myo, 



and Bassein. By W. T. Blanfobd, C.M.Z.S. &c 462 



XXXVI. On Additional Collections of Birds from the Fantee Country. By R. 



B. Shaepe, F.L.S., Libr. Zool. Sec, &c. (Plate XIV.) .... 470 



XXXVII. Fourth Appendix to a List of Birds observed in Malta and Gozo. By 



Chakles a. Weight, C.M.Z.S 488 



XXXVIII. Notes on some Old-World species of Passerine Birds. By H. B. 



Tkistkam, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c 493 



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 Survey of the Straits of Ma- 

 gellan by Dr. Cunningliam. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., 

 and OsBEET Salvin, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S. With additional Note by 

 The Editor 499 



XLI. Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. Emjlish: — Blanford's ' Abyssinia ' ; Marshalls' ' CW/wifomVfe/ parts i.-iv, ; Shai-pe's 



'■Alcedinidce,^ parts vii.-ix.; Wallace's 'Contributions to the theory of Natural 

 Selection'; Morrell's 'Comparative Anatomy — Ayes'', Im Thurn's 'Birds of 

 Marlborough' 504 



2. French: — Alphonse Milne-Edwards's ' Recherches anatomiques et paleontologi- 



ques,' livr. 2(3-30, and ' Oiseaux Fossiles ' 510 



3. Bcli/ian : — Dubois's ' Planches coloriees des Oiseaux de la Belgique ' and 



* Planches colorieos des Oiseaux de I'Europe ' 511 



4. German : — Finsch and Hartlaub — ' Die Vogel Ost-Afrikas' ; Selenka's ' Klassen 



und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs — Aves^; Claus's ' Gruudziige der Zoologie'; 

 Victor Carus's'Haudbuch der Zoologie.' • 512 



6. Stvedish : — Meves on the Birds of G^land and Scania; SundevaU's Swedish Birds ; 



Holmgren's ' Birds of Scandinavia ' 515 



G. Danish : — Krarup-Ilanseu on the Flight of Birds 510 



7. Swiss: — ' Bulletin de la Societe Oruithologique Suisse,' vol. ii 517 



8. Italian : — Salvadori's papers in Italian Journals ; Bianconi on the Tarso-meta- 



tarsus of Birds 518 



9. Portuguese: — Bocage on West-African Ornithology 519 



10. American: — Elliot's ' P/irtsmrnVZa;'; Dall, Bannister, and Baird on the birds of 



Alaska; 'Vargasia' 519 



11. Australasian : — Ornithological Papers in the ' Transactions and Proceedings of 



the New-Zealand Institute ' _ 522 



12. Indian: — Hume's 'Scrap-Book'; Ornithological papers in the 'Journal of the 

 Asiatic Society ' 523 



XLII. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Capt. Elwes, Messrs. Hume, Blanford, Gurney, C. and G. Marshall, 

 and Sharpe, Sir Victor I3rooke and Dr. Salvador! ; Extract from a letter from 

 Herr Robert Collet ; Death of Dr. Boie . . . .A .-.V . .526 



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