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XXII. Letters, Extracts, Xoticea, &c. : — 



Letters from Mr. A. H. Holland and Dr. G. Hartlaub. Xew 

 Experiments on Protective Coloration ; The Rosy Bullfinch in 

 Holland ; The " Chaifinch'" of Timbuctoo ; The " Operculum" 

 in Eatite Birds ; The Parasitism of Cassidi.v oryzivora ; The 

 Generic Name of the Swifts 286 



XXIII. Obituary. — Heinrich Giitke, C. E. Bendire, and 

 William Graham 291 



Number XI., July. 



XXIY. Eield-Notes on the Birds of Chili. By Ambrose 

 A. Lake. With an Introduction and Remarks by P. L. 

 ScLATER. (Concluded from p. 195.) 297 



XXY. Field-Notes on the Birds of the Island of San 

 Domingo. By Dr. Cuthbert Christy 317 



XXVI. On some Fossil Remains of Carinate Birds from 

 Central Madagascar. By Chas. W. Andrews, B.Sc, F.Z.S., 

 Assistant in the British Museum (Natural History). (Plates 

 VIII. & IX.) 343 



XXYII. On the Changes of Plumage in some of the T} pical 

 Weaver-Birds. By A. G. Butler, Ph.D 359 



XXVIII. On the Nesting of Cassicus persicus, Cassidix 

 oryzivora, Gymnomystax nielanicterus, and Todirostrum macu- 

 latum. By Dr. Emil A. Goeldi, C.M.Z.S , Director of the 

 Museum in Para 361 



XXIX. Diagnoses of Thirty-six new or little-known Birds 

 from British New Guinea. By C. W. De Vis 371 



XXX. Descriptions of some new or little-known Birds'-eggs 

 from Queensland. By D. Le Souef (of Melbourne) .... 392 



