XVlll CONTENTS. 



Pago 



37. ' The Auk ' .267 



38. Biichner on the Birds of the St. Petersburg District . 209 



39. Emerson on the Birds of Southern California , . . 270 



40. Ernst on the Birds of the Caracas Museum .... 270 



41. Godman and Salvin's ' Biologia Centrali-Americana ' . 270 



42. Gould's ' Bird's of New Guinea ' 271 



43. Gurney on the House-Sparrow 272 



44. Harvie-Brown and Buckley on the Birds of Suther- 



land and Caithness . 272 



45. Linnean Society of New South Wales (Proceedings of) 274 



46. Menzbier on the Osteology of the Penguins .... 275 



47. Merriam on the Misdeeds of the British House-Sparrow 276 



48. Montlezun on Bernicle Geese 277 



49. 'Ornis' 277 



50. Palmen on Siberian Birds 277 



51. Salvadori on Birds from Upper Burmah ./»... 278 



52. Salvadori on Birds from Tenasserim 278 



53. Sclater and Hudson's ' Argentine Ornithology ' . . 279 



54. Sharpe on the Frinr/iUidce 279 



55. Shufeldt on Birds' Muscles useful in Classification . 281 



56. Stejneger on a Muscle of the Bird's Wing .... 281 



57. Stejneger on a new Thrush 281 



58. Winge on Fossil Birds from Brazil 282 



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



Letters from A. Everett, Esq. ; Sir W. L. BuUer ; Lieut.- 

 Col. H. M, Drummond Hay. Note on Zapornia sjnhnota ; 

 Ornithological Travellers ; Bartlett's new Monograph of Weaver- 

 birds and Finches ; Sale of another Great Auk's Egg. Obituary 



—Mr. E. Lear ; Mr. J. C. Hele 282 



NUMBEK XXIII., JullJ. 



XXVI. List of Birds collected in Eastern Africa by Mr. 

 Frederick J. Jackson, F.Z.S. By Capt. G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S. 

 With Notes and an Introduction by the Collector, (Plates 

 VI., VII.) 287 



