CONTENTS OF NUMBER XI.— SIXTH SERIES. 



XXIX. 



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XXXI. 



XXXII. 



XXXIII. 



XXXIV. 

 XXXV. 



XXXVI. 



XXXVII. 



XXXVIII. 

 XXXIX. 



Page 

 Ornithological Results of an Expedition to the Philippine 



Islands in 1887 and 1888. By J. B. Steere, Ph.D. 



(Plates VII., VIII.) 301 



On the Birds of the Lower Yangtse Basin. — Part I. By 



F. W. Styan, F.Z.S 316 



Notes on some of the rarer Western Paloearctic Birds. 



By H. E. Dresser, F.L.S., F.Z.S ' ... 360 



On a Collection of Birds from Erzeroom. By H. E. 



Dresser, F.L.S., F.Z.S 364 



On a Collection of Birds from Western Szechuen. By 



Henry Seebohm 370 



On British Fossil Birds. By R. Ltdekker, B. A. . . 38 1 

 Note on the Collared Petrel {(Estrelata torquata) recently 



reported to have heen killed on the Welsh Coast. By 



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

 Remarks on Macgregor's Paradise-bird, Cnemopliilus 



macgreqtri. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. 



(Plate X.) 414 



On the Birds of Madagascar, and their Connection with 



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



Rev. James Sibree, Jr., F.R.G.S. — Part II. ... 416 

 Diagnoses of new Sj)ecies of Birds from Central East 



Africa. By R. Buwdler Shaepe, LL.D., F.L.S., &c. 



British Museum 443 



Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



64. Borrer's ' Birds of Sussex ' 445 



6o. Brewster on new North-American Birds . . . . ) 



66. Christy's Local Lists of British Birds i 447 



67. Dalla Torre on the Fauna of Heligoland . . . . j 



68. Dwight on the Horned Larks of North America . I ..r, 



69. Evans on the Birds of the Spey Valley . . . . ( 



70. Fiirbringer on the Systematic Position of Hesper- 1 



or7iis > 449 



71. Godman and Salvia's 'BiologiaCentrali-Americana' ) 



72. Goodchild on Crested Birds of Prey I . ;-/> 



73. Goodchild on tlie Cubital Coverts of Birds . . . \ 



74. Goss's ' Birds of Kansas ' 451 



75. Hart on the Birds of Sinai I jk^ 



76. Hartert on three new Birds | 



77. Hartlaub on Birds from Eastern Africa 458 



78. Lawrence on the former abundance of Migrants near J 



New York ( , -^ 



79. Lawrence on a new Swift and a rare Petrel . . . f 



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



81. Lilford's ' Coloured Figures of British Birds ' . . . 455 



82. Lydekker on Fossil Birds in the Dublin Museum . ) .^g 



83. Lydekker's Catalogue of Fossil Birds | 



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