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X. On the Periods occupied by Birds in the Incubation of 

 their Eggs. By William Evans, F.R.S.E 52 



XI. On the Fijian Species of the Genus PachycejyJiala. By 

 Henry Seebohm 93 



XII. Notes on Eurystomus orientalis. By H. E. Dresser, 

 F.L.S., E.Z.S 99 



XIII. Notes on a second Collection of Birds made by Mr. 

 W. D. Cumming at Fao, in the Persian Gulf. By E. Boavdler 

 Sharpe, F.L.S., &c.. Zoological Department, British Museum . 103 



XIV. Descriptions of fourteen new Species of Birds dis- 

 covered by Mr. F. J. Jackson in Eastern Africa. By li. 

 Bowdler Sharpe, F.Z.S., F.L.S 117 



XV. On some new Francolins and a Hornbill discovered by 

 Mr. F. J. Jackson in Eastern Africa. By W. P. Ogilvie-Grant . 123 



XVI. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. Berlepsch and Leverkiihn on South- American Birds . 128 



2. Blasius on new Birds from the Sooloo Islands . . . 128 



3. Blasius on Birds from Mindanao 129 



4. Brusina on the Birds of Croatia and Slavonia . . . 129 



5. Biittikofer on Birds from Liberia 129 



6. Coues's Handbook of Ornithology 130 



7. Feilden on the Domicile of the Diablotin .... 131 



8. Giglioli on the Results of the Ornithological Investi- 



gation of Italy 131 



9. Hartlaub on Emin Pasha's new Birds 131 



10. Holtz on the Irruption of Syrrhaptes of 1888 . . . 132 



11. Hume and Oates's ' Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds ' . 132 



12. Lucas on Bird-skeletons collected by the s.s. 'Albatross' 133 



13. MartoreUi on some Species of Limosa 133 



14. Merriam on the Birds of Arizona 134 



15. Middendorff on the Birds of the Russian Baltic Pro- 



vinces 135 



16. Murray on Indian Game Birds 135 



17. Radde on the Birds of the Caucasus 136 



18. Ramsay on the Birds in the Australian Museum . . 136 



19. Ridgway on some Species of Xiphocolaptes .... 137 



20. Salvador! on Birds collected by Loria 137 



