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XXXIV. Extracts from the Letters of Mr. J. Graham Kerb, 



Naturalist to the Pilcomayo Expedition 350 



XXXV. On a small Collection of Birds from Mount Penrisen, 

 Sarawak. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, F.L.S., &c 366 



XXXVI. On the Identity of Chnjsotis coeligena with Psittacus 

 dvfresnianus. By Count T. Salvadobi, C.M.Z.S 307 



XXXVII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



60. Backhouso on European Birds 371 



61. Barrows on the English Sparrow in North America . 372 



62. Berlepsch on Birds from Upper Amazonia .... 372 



63. Eurbringer on Stringojis and lynx 373 



64. Hume and Oates's 'Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds' . 371 



65. Leverkiihn on Variations in the Coloration of Birds . 374 



66. Mcrriam's Keport for 1888 375 



67. Meyer's Illustrations of Birds' Skeletons 376 



68. Modigliani on the Birds of Nias 376 



69. More's List of Irish Birds 376 



70. Nehrling's North-American Birds 377 



71. Bidgway on Birds from St. Lucia, the Abrolhos Islands, 



and the Straits of MageDan 37? 



72. Salvador! on Additions to Papuan Ornithology . . . 378 



73. Sclater on the Tracheophone Passeres 378 



74. Seebohm on the Classification of Birds 379 



75. Shufeldt on the Osteology of the Water-Birds . . .381 



76. Shufeldt on Progress in Avian Anatomy 381 



77. Stejneger and Lucas on Pallas's Cormorant .... 382 



78. Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen's ' Ornithologisches Jahrbuch' 382 



79. Woodford on the Head-hunters of the Solomon Islands 382 



XXXVIII. Letters, Extracts, Notices, &c. :— 



Letters from Dr. H. Burmeistcr ; H. E. Dresser, Esq. ; John 

 J. Dalgleish, Esq. Butorides virescens in Cornwall; Pliyllo- 

 s copus superciliosus in the Scilly Islands ; Turtur orientalis in 

 Great Britain ; Valuable Addition to the National Bird-Col- 

 lection ; The Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum ; New 

 Bird-books in preparation ; Pelagodroma in the Canaries ; Anni- 

 versary Meeting of the British Ornithologists' Union, 1890; 

 Obituary— J. H. Gurney 384 



