CONTENTS. XXI 



Number VIII., October. 



Page 



XXXIX. Notes on Irish Ornithology. By Henry Seebohm. 397 



XL. On the Foot of the Young of lynx torquilla. By Dr. A. 

 Gunther 411 



XLI. Notes on Birds from the Papuan Region, with Descrip- 

 tions of some new Species. By A. B. Meter, M.D., C.M.Z.S., 

 Director of the Royal Zoological Musoum of Dresden. (Plate 

 XII.) 412 



XLII. On some Birds of the Argentine Republic. By A. H. 

 Holland. With Notes by P. L. Sclater 424 



XLIII. Further Notes on tho Birds of the Canary Islands. 

 By E. G. Meade-Waldo. (Plate XIII.) 429 



XLIV. Notes on some Birds obtained at Madeira, Deserta 

 Grande, and Porto Santo. By W. R. Ogiltie Grant (Nat. 

 Hist. Mus.). (Plate XIV.) 438 



XLV. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



80. The British Museum Report for 1890 445 



81. Burmeister on Patagonian Birds 447 



82. Burmeister on the Fauna of Patagonia 448 



83. Christy's ' Birds of Essex ' 448 



84. Clarke on the Birds of Jan Meyen Island .... 449 



85. Everett on the Birds of Borneo 450 



86. Hargitt on the Picidas 450 



87. Hartert and Kutter on East-Indian Birds and Eggs . 452 



88. Hartlaub on Birds of China 453 



89. Oustalet on a new Tinamou 453 



90. Pycraft on the Bird's Wing 453 



91. Records of the Australian Museum 454 



92. Reid on the Birds of the Lucknow Museum .... 455 



93. Ridgwa^'s 'Birds of Illinois' 455 



94. Sharpe's Catalogue of the Stnrniformcs and Abnormal 



Passeres 456 



95. Shufcldt on the Anatomy of Speotijto 458 



96. Shufeldt on the North-American Passeres .... 458 



97. Shufeldt on the Position of Chama'a 459 



