CONTENTS OE NUMBER XX.— EOURTH SERIES. 



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. — VIII. New 



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



XLII. More about Cypselus horus, H. et F. By T. Salvadori, 



C.M.Z.S 540 



XLIII. Description of a supposed new Aplonis from Vate (Sand- 

 wich) Island, New Hebrides. By E. L. Latakd, C.M.G., 

 F.Z.S., &c., H.B.M. Consul in New Caledonia. With 

 Eemarks by Canon Tristram, F.E.S 542 



XLIV. On two apparently new Finches of the Genus Eryihrura, 

 with Remarks on other known Species of the Group. By 

 P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. (Plate XY.) . . 543 



XLV. Notes on a 'Catalogue of the Accipitres in the British 

 Museum' by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). By J. H. 

 Gurnet 547 



XLVI. A Contribution to the Ornithology of Gilgit. By John 



Scully 507 



XLVII. On some New and Little-known Species of Trochilidse. By 



OsBERT Salvin and F. D. Godman. (Plate XVI.) . . 595 



XLVIII. On three apparently New Species of lyngipicus. By 



Edward Hargitt 598 



XLIX. On two new Species of Birds discovered by Mr. E. W. 

 White in the Argentine Republic. By P. L. Sclater, 

 M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. (Plate XVII.) 599 



L. Characters of a new Puff-bird of the Genus Nonnula. By 



P. L. Sclater 600 



LI. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



94. Bulletin of the Nuttall Omithological Club 601 



95. Feildeu on the Birds of Novaya Zemlya I p^.-, 



96. Krukenberg on the Colouring-matter of Feathers . . ( "" 



97. Ridgway on an American Duck j 



98. Ridgway on Amazilia yucatanensis \ 603 



99. St. John's 'Wild Coasts of Nipon' \ 



100. Sclater's ' PufF-birds and Jacamars ' 1 



101. Stolzmann on Steatornis caripensis > G04 



102. Shufeldt on the Osteology of Speotyto and Eremophila \ 



LII. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from R. Bowdler Sharpe, T. Salvadori, Ernest Gibson; 

 Note on a supposed new Pheasant. Obituary — Count E. 

 Turati ; Herr Kleinschmidt. Dr. Finsch's Travels . . . 605 



Index 611 



Preface, List of Members, List of Plates, &c. 



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