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XXXIII. On a Collection of Birds from Western Szechuen. 



By Henkt Seebohm 370 



XXXIV. On British Fossil Birds. By K. Lydekker, B.A. . 381 



XXXV. Note on the Collared Petrel ((Estrelata torquata) 

 recently reported to have been killed on the Welsh Coast. By 

 OsBEKT Salvia, M.A., F.R.S., &c. (Plate IX.) 411 



XXXVI. Eemarks on Macgregor's Paradise-bird, Cnemo- 

 pliilus macgregori. By P. L. Sclatbr, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. 

 (Plate X.) 414 



XXXVII. 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 II 417 



XXXVIII. Diagnoses of new Species of Birds from Central 

 East Africa. By E.. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., F.L.S., &c., 

 British Museum 443 



XXXIX. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



64. Borrer's ' Birds of Sussex ' 415 



65. Brewster on new North-American Birds 447 



66. Christy's Local Lists of British Birds 447 



67. Dalla Torre on the Fauna of Heligoland 447 



68. D wight on the Horned Larks of North America . . 448 



69. Evans on the Birds of the Spey Valley 448 



70. Fiirbringer on the Systematic Position of Hesperornis. 449 



71. Godman and Salvin's ' Biologia Centrali-Amcricana ' . 449 



72. Goodchild on Crested Birds of Prey 450 



73. Goodchild on the Cubital Coverts of Birds .... 450 



74. Goss's ' Birds of Kansas ' 451 



75. Hart on the Birds of Sinai 452 



76. Hartert on three new Birds 452 



77. Hartlaub on Birds from Eastern Africa 453 



78. Lawrence on the former abundance of Migrants near 



New York 454 



79. Lawrence on a new Swift and a rare Petrel. . . , 454 



80. Leverkiihn on strange Eggs in Birds'-nests .... 454 



