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21. Salvador! on the Occurrence of Cypselus affinis in Italy. 138 



22. Sandager on the Birds of the Mokohiuou Islands . . 138 



23. Schalow on the Avifauna of Brandenburg .... 138 



24. Seebohm on the Birds of the Japanese Empire . . . 139 



25. Sharpe on the Birds of Pernando Noronha .... 140 

 2Q. Shufeldt on the Osteology of the Water-birds . . . 141 



27. Shufeldt's ' Myology of the Haven ' 141 



28. Spelman on a Collection of British Birds .... 142 



29. Stone on the Owls in the Collection of the Academy 



of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 142 



30. Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen'a ' Ornithologisches Jahrbuch ' 143 



XVII. Letters, Extracts, ISTotices, &c. : — 



Letters from K. H. Bennett, Esq. ; Capt. J. B. Young ; John 

 Cordeaux, Esq. ; Lt.-Col. E. A. Butler ; Count T. Salvador! ; 

 E. H. Salvin, Esq. ; and Heer F, E. Blaauw. The Spotted- 

 billed Pelican (Pelecanus manillensis) ; ,Phasiamis htimice from 

 a new liOcahty : New or Rare British Birds. Obituary — John 

 Hancock 143 



Number X., April. 



XVIII. Notes on Birds observed in Switzerland ; chiefly in 

 the Cantons of Vaud and Neuchatel. By Howard Saunders, 

 E.L.S., F.Z.S 157 



XIX. On the Birds of the Volcano Islands. By Henry Seiv- 

 BOHM, F.Z.S '. 189 



XX. On a supposed new Species of Petrel of the Genus 

 (Estrelata, from the Kermadec Islands, By Osbert Salvin, 

 M.A., F.R.S., &c 192 



XXI. On the Birds of Madagascar, and their Connection 

 with Native Folk-lore, Proverbs, and Superstitions. By the 

 Eev. James Sibree, Jr., F.R.G.S.— Part 1 194 



XXII. Some Comparative Osteological Notes on the North- 

 American Kites. By R. W. Shufeldt, C.M.Z.S 228 



