67. Pelzeln's lleport on the Progress of Ornithology in 1881 219 



68. Ramsay on new Birds from the Solomon Islands . .219 



69. Ridgway on new N'orth-American Birds 219 



70. Salvadori's ' Ornithology of Papuasia' 219 



71. Shufeldt's ' Anatomy of Birds ' 220 



72. Shufeldt on the Osteology of Cinelus mexicaniis . . 220 



73. ' Transactions of the Linnean Society of 'New York' . 221 



74. Turner on Lagojms mutiis and its Allies 221 



75. Vorderman's ' Batavian Birds ' 221 



76. Zeledon's ' Birds of Costa Rica ' 221 



XXVI. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Mr. J. H. Gurney, Dr. Elliott Cones, the Rev. 

 Henry H. Slater, Capt. Savile G. Reid, M. P. M. Heude, Mr. J. 

 A. Allen, and Mr. T. Southwell ; Letter from one of the Editors ; 

 New Ornithological Publications in Progress; The Birds of Timor 

 Laut ; Balcenicej^s in East Africa (?) ; The Blue Magpies of 

 Spain and Siberia ; Ross's Gull ; News of Lord Lilford and Mr. 

 E. E. Im Thurm ; Mr. W. A. Forbes's Niger Expedition . . 222 



Number III., July. 



XXVII. On a second Collection of Bu'ds made in the Island 

 of Sumatra by Mr. H. 0. Forbes. By Francis Nicholson, 

 F.Z.S. (Plate X.) 235 



XXVIII. On the Columbidce of the Ethiopian Region. By 

 Captain G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S 258 



XXIX. On the Variations in Plumage of Saxicola monticola, 

 as observed in Natal. By Majors E. A. Buxler and H. W. 

 Feilden and Capt. S. G. Reid 331 



XXX. Note on Saxicola monticola, with special reference to 

 the Observations of Majors Butler and Feilden and Capt. Reid. 



By R. BowDLER Sharpe, F.L.S 337 



XXXI. On the Birds in the International Fisheries Exhi- 

 bition. By Howard Saunders, F.Z.S 346 



XXXII. A Review of the Species of the Family Icteridce. — 

 Part II. Icterince. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. 

 (Plate XI.) 352 



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