CONTENTS OF NUMBER XVII. [continued). 

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



Letters from Dr. A. B. Meyer, E. L. Layard (2), H. H. John- 

 ston, W. A. Forbes, and Dr. H. B. Tristram ; Obituary- 

 Mr. T. 0. Eyton ; The Range of Poiyhyrio cceruleus ; Pre- 

 jevalsky's last Expedition; The new Otidiphaps; Note on 

 Chlorophonia mjauodorsalis ; The Birds of Socotra; Works 

 in Preparation ; Expeditions in progress and projected . . 169 



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List op Publications received since the issue of No. 16 and 

 not noticed in the present number. 



1. GiGLiOLi. Elenco dei Mammiferi, degli Uccelli e dei Rettili ittiofagi ap- 

 partenenti alia Fauna Italica. 8vo. Firenze, 1880. 



2. Hartlaub, Ueber einige nene von Dr. Emin Bey, Gouverneur der 

 ^quatorialprovinzen ^gyptens, nm Lado, Central-Afrika entdeckte Vogel. 

 (J. f. 0. 1880.) 



>',. Nehring. Die Raubvogel und die prahistorischen Knochenlager. (Cor- 

 resp.-Blatt der deutschen Gesell. f. Anth., Eth. u. Ur. 1879.) 



4. Lawrence. Description of a new Species of Chrysotis from the Island of 

 Dominica. (Proc, U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. ii.) 



5. Reichenow und Schalow. Compendium der neu beschriebenen Gat- 

 tuugen und Arten. (J. f. O. 1880.) 



6. Fischer und Reichenow. Ueber eine dritte Collection von Vogelbalgen 

 aus Ost-Afnka, gesammelt von Dr. G. A. Fischer. (J. f. O. 1880.) 



7. Brai-n. Aus der Entwicklungsgeschichte der Papageien. (Verb d. 

 phys.-med. Ges. Wxirzburg, n. F. Bd. xiv.) 



8. Seebohm. Visit to the Colony of Spoonbills, near Amsterdam. (Zoolo- 

 gist, November 1880.) 



9. Sharpe. Description of two remarkable new Species of Kingfishers. 

 (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. September 1880.) 



^T-^^'r.^?"^^^^' Description of two new Species of Birds from South-eastern 

 New Gumea. (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. April 1879.) 



11. Harting. Hawks and Hawking. (Zoologist, July 1880.) 



12. Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. v. no. 4. 



,^}^- I^;EmHARDT. Om La7iius major. Pall., og dens Forekomst her i Landet. 

 (Vidensk. Med. Kjcibenhavn, 1879-80.) 



/,-f ^^^'^f^^^y.-. ^^ ^''^'^^ leucoptera, Gm., virkelig truffen i Danmark ? 

 (\ idensk. Med. Kjobenhavn, 1881.) 



15. Seebohm. Siberia in Europe. 1 vol. 8vo. Murray, 1880. 



