rage 

 VII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



BlaauAv's Travels in South Africa ; Chalmers Mitchell on the 

 Anatomy of the Coulan, or Limpkin ; Chapin on New African 

 Birds; Cooke on the Protection of the American Shore-birds; 

 Cory on new South American Birds ; Faxon on Peale's Museum ; 

 Ghidini on the Herring-Gull ; Gordon on Hill Birds of Scot- 

 land ; Hony on Wiltshire Birds ; Levick on the Ad(5lie Pen- 

 guin; Mathews on Australian Birds ; Miller on new Generic 

 Types ; Shufeldt on the Eggs of the Anklets ; Taverner on the 

 shortcomings of Canadian Ornithologists ; Thorburn's British 

 Birds ; Wood on the Eyelids of Birds ; The Auk ; Avicultural 

 Magazine ; California Fish and Game ; Messager Ornitho- 

 logique ; and List of other Ornithological Publications received, 163 



YIII. Letters, Extracts, and Notes : — 



Letters from the Marquis of Tavistock and J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown ; List of M.B.O.U. serving with H.M. Forces ; Oological 

 Dinner; Experiments on Homing ; Notice to B.O.U. Members. 182 



NuMBEE 2, Ajyril. 



IX. A List of Birds collected in Uganda and British East 

 Africa, with Notes on their Nesting and other Habits. — 

 Part I. By V. G. L. van SoiiEKEif, M.B.O.U. (;Plates IV.- VI.) 193 



X. A Note on the Emperor Goose {PMlacte cnnayica) and 

 on the Australian Teal (Nettion castaneum). By E. E. Blaauw, 

 M.B.O.U 252 



XI. Bird-parasites and Bird-phylogeny. By Launcelot 

 Hakkison, B.Sc. (Text-figure 5.) 254 



XII. On the Coloration of the Mouths and Eggs of Birds. — 

 I. The Mouths of Birds. By C. F. M. Swtnnerton, F.L.S., 

 r.E.S., C.M.B.O.U. (Plate VII. and Text-figure 6.) . . .264 



XIII. On some New Guinea Bird-names. By Geegort M. 

 Mathews, M.B.O.U 295 



XIV. Some Notes in reply to Mr. G. M. Mathews. By 



W. R. Ogxlvie-Gkant , . . 305 



