CONTENTS OP NUMBER XII.— SIXTH SERIES. 



XLI. On the Birds of the Lower Yangtse Basin. — Part II. By 



F. W. Styan, F.Z.S 481 



XLII. Ornithological Notes. By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., Pro- 

 sector to the Zoological Society of London 510 



XLIII. On Recent Advances in our Knowledge of the Geogra- 

 phical Distribution of Birds. By the Editor. . . .514 

 XLIV. 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 III. . . . 557 

 XLV. On the Polynesian Members of the Genus PtilojJus. By 



Lionel W. Wiglesworth, (Plate XL) 56G 



XLVI. On some Recent Additions to the List of Irish Birds. By 



Henry SEEBonM 585 



XLVII. On the Birds "collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S. , during 

 his recent Expedition to Uganda through the Territory 

 of the Imperial British East- African Company. By R. 

 Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., F.L.S., &c. With Notes by 

 the Collector.— Part II. (Plates XII., XIII.) . . .587 

 XLVIII. On Pelaqodroma mnrina, a Petrel new to the British List. 



By H. A. Macpherson, M.A 602 



XLIX. Notes on Woodpeckers. — No. XVIII. On two new Species 



from the Pilcomayo. By Edward Hargitt, F.Z.S. . . 604 

 L. On an apparently new Species of Pigmy Parrot of the 



Genus Nasitcrna. By H. B. Tristram, D.D., F.R.S. . 608 

 LI. Descriptions of Five new Species of Birds discovered in 

 Central America by W. B. Richardson. By 0. Salvin 



and F. D. Godman 60S 



LII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



94. Allen on a new Mimocichla 612 



95. Biittikofer's Sketches of Liberia I 



96. Fiore on the Calabrian Avifauna 1613 



97. Gatke on the Birds of Heligoland ) 



98. Giglioli on the Results of the Ornithological Inves- 



tigation of Italy 614 



99. Hartert on Ammo7nanes liisitaniea parvirostris . . \ 



100. Hartert's Catalogue of the Birds of the Senckenberg ( pj^ 



Museum t 



101. Koeni"; on the Birds of Madeira and the Canaries . J 



102. List of Birds' Eggs in the Indian Museiun, Calcutta . 617 



103. Meyer on some Pigeons from Borneo and the Philip- \ 



pines ( gng 



104. Oustalet ou the Breeding of Penguins | 



105. Parker on the Morphology of the Gallinacese . . ) 

 100. Parker on the Aptei-yx (519 



107. Pleske on some Hybrid Birds 1 



108. Romita ou Additions to the Pugliau Avifauna . . > 020 



109. Salvadori on a Wagtail new to Italy j 



110. Schalow on the Avifauna of the Cisatlantean Sub- i 



region v 621 



111. Sharpe on the Classification of Birds j 



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