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 IX Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Nos. 

 XXXVIII. & XXXIX 108 



X. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. Annals of Scottish Natural History, Nos. 19 & 20, 



July and October, 1896 119 



2. ' The Auk,' July and October, 1896 120 



3. Berg's Oological Notices 121 



4. Bladen on the Cuckoo and its Foster-Parents . . .121 



5. Biittikofer on a probably new Tinamou 121 



6. Biittikofer on the Genus Pycnonotus and its Allies . 121 



7. Cherrie on Birds from San Domingo 122 



8. Crossman on the Birds of Hertfordshire 122 



9. Finn on two rare Indian Ducks 123 



10. Hartert on a new Swift from Madagascar .... 123 



11. Hartert on Everett's Collections in Celebes and the 



adjacent Islets 123 



12. Le Souef's Trip to Mallacoota 125 



13. Loomis on Californian Water-birds 125 



14. Lucas and Kidgway on the Frocniatidce 125 



15. Mivart's ' Monograph of the Lories ' 126 



16. Nathusius on the Oology of the Rheas 127 



17. Oberholser on two new American Woodpeckers . . 128 



18. Seed's Catalogue of Chilian Birds 128 



19. Ileichenow on Papuan and Australian Birds . . .129 



20. Eichmond on Birds from Kashmir, Baltistan, and 



Ladak 129 



21. Ridgway on Birds from the Seychelles and adjoining 



Islands 130 



22. Salvadori on a new lihamphoccdvs 131 



23. Semen's ' Im Australischen Busch ' 131 



24. Sharpe on the Limicolce 132 



25. Southwell's Guide to the Norwich Castle Museum . 135 



26. Stirling and Zietz on Genyornis newtoni 135 



27. Winge on Birds of the Danish Lighthouses, 1895 . . 137 



XL Letters, Extracts, Notices, &c. : — 



Letters from Mr. J. D, de La Touche, Count T. Salvadori, 

 and Mr. Osbert Salvin. Mr. D. G, Elliot's Expedition to 

 Somaliland ; Mr. Whyte's new Expedition to the Mountains 



