Page 



XXIII. Field-notes on some of the Waterfowl of the Argen- 

 tine Eepublic, Chile, and Tierra del Fuego. By F. E. Blaatjw, 

 C.M.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (Plate XIV. and Text-figure 12.) . .478 



XXIV. On the Bird-life of Houtman'a Abrolhos Islands, 

 Western Australia. By Charles Price Conigrave, F.R.Gr.S., 

 M.lt.A.O.U. (Plates XV.-XVIII.) 492 



XXV. Obituary. W. W. Cooke; Guy L. Ewen ; Lt.-Col. 



H. H. Harington 498 



XXVI. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



Bangs's recent papers ; Brasil on New Caledonian Birds ; 

 Brooks on Siberian and Alaskan Birds; Chandler on the 

 Structure of Feathers ; Chapiu on the Pennant- winged 

 Nightjar ; Chapin on new Afi-ican Birds ; Chubb on the 

 Birds of British Guiana ; Despott on Maltese Birds ; Griniiell 

 on Museum Methods ; Hartert's recent papers ; Miss Kellogg 

 and Mr. Grinnell on Birds from Northern California ; Mathews 

 on Australian Birds; Murphy on South American Cormorants; 

 Noble on a new Dove; Richardson's Life of Tegetmeier; 

 Robinson and Kloss on the Birds of Kedah Peak ; Thayer 

 and Bangs on the Birds of Saghalien, and on a new Song- 

 Sparrow ; Wetmore on Porto Rico Birds ; Witherby on 

 Bird-marking ; Cassinia ; Journal of the South African Orni- 

 thologists' Union ; and List of other Ornithological Publications 

 received 600 



XXVII. Letters, Extracts, and Notes : — 



Letters from A. Trevor-Battye, Dr. A. G. Butler, Miss M. D. 

 Haviland, and Capt. Collingwood Ingram ; B. O. U. Special 

 General Meeting, held April 12, 1916; Recent accessions to 

 the Natural History Museum ; Notice to Members of the 

 British Ornithologists' Union ; Oological Dinner ; Honour for 

 a M.B.O.U. ; Mr. Beebe on Archaeopteryx and the ancestry of 

 birds ; A Bibliogi'aphy of British Ornithologj' 520 



