CONTENTS OE NUMBER VIII.— SIXTH SERIES. 



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



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



Gunther -Ill 



XLI. Notes on Birds from the Papuan Region, with Descriptions 

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

 Director of the Royal Zoological Museum 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 the 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. Ogtlvie Gkaxt (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 / lAa 



83. Christy's ' Birds of Essex ' f 44b 



84. Clarke on the Birds of Jan Mayeu Island 449 



85. Everett on the Birds of Borneo I ._„ 



8(3. Hargitt on the Picidse ( 45U 



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



88. Hartlaub on Birds from China 453 



89. Oustalet on a new Tinamou I i -o 



90. Pycraft on the Bird's Wing ( 4orf 



91. Records of the Australian Museum 454 



92. Reid on the Birds of the Lucknow Museum ) , KK 



93. Ridgway's ' Birds of Illinois ' f 4£) ° 



94. Sharpe's Catalogue of the Sturniformes and Abnormal Passeres. 456 



96. Shufeldt on the Anatomy of Speotyto 1 _ 



96. Shufeldt on the North-American Passeres ( 458 



!»7. Shufeldt on the Postition of Chamcea 459 



98. Shufeldt on the Osteology of the Water- Birds . . . . ) .„„ 



99. Stejneger on Birds from Kauai, Hawaiian Islands . . . ) 



100. Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen's ' Ornithologisches Jahrbuch' . I .p, 



101. Tschusi zu Schmidhoff en on Pallas's Sand-Grouse . . .[ 



102. Zeledon on the Birds of Costa Rica 462 



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