XyiU CONTENTS. 



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73. Malm on Duplicates of the Gothenburg Museum . . 482 



74. Meyer's '■ Guide to the Dresden Museum ' . . . . 482 



75. Meyer on Salvadori's ' Papuan Ornithology ' . . . 482 



76. Milne-Edwards on the Penguins 482 



77. Milne-Edwards on Birds from Madagascar .... 483 



78. Oustalet on two new Birds 483 



79. Oustalet on new Birds from the Sooloo Islands . . 483 



80. Pelzeln on the Progress of Ornithology in 1879 . . 484 



81. Pelzeln on Birds of Prey from Syria 484 



82. Peters on two new East-African Birds 484 



83. Philippi on new Chilian Animals 484 



84. Reichenow and Schalow's ' Compendium ' . . . . 485 



85. Reichenow and Schalow on the Ornithological Litera- 



ture of 1879 485 



86. Reichenau on the Darwinian Theory of Birds' Nests . 488 



87. Eidgway's List of North-American Birds .... 488 



88. Salvadori's ' Prodromus,' part x 491 



89. Schlegel on a new Timeliine Bird 491 



90. Schlegel on a new Megapode 491 



91. Sclater's 'Birds of the Challenger Expedition' . . .492 



92. Seebohm on Thrushes and Warblers 492 



93. Tegetmeier and Blyth on the Cranes 494 



XXXIX. Letters, Extracts, Announcements, &c. : — 

 Letters from J. H. Gurney, Jun., and Mr. R. G. "Wardlaw- 

 Ramsay ; News of Consul Layard, Mr. E. W. White, Mr. Stolz- 

 mann, Dr. Finsch, and Mr. Charles B. Cory. Mr. Gould's 

 works and collections; Value of ornithological books. The 

 ' Birds of New Zealand.' The Birds of the British Museum . 495 



Nttmber XX., October. 



XL. Ornithological Notes made in the Straits Settlements 

 and in the Western States of the Malay Peninsula. By Lieut. 

 H. R. Kelham, 74th Highlanders 501 



XLI. Ornithological Letters from the Pacific. — VTII. New 

 Britain. By Otto Finsch, Ph.D., C.M.Z.S., &c 532 



XLII. More about Gypselus horns, H. et F. By T. Salvadori, 

 C.M.Z.S 540 



