CONTENTS OF NUMBER XXI. {continued). 



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24, Ridgway on a new Phacellodonucs "n 



26. Ridgway on two new Owls / 



26. Scully on the Mammals and Birds of Northern Afghanistan. \ ^^^ 



27. Shufeldt on the Skulls of Turkeys . . . j 



28. Sousa on Birds from Ilha do Principe i 



29. Sousa on Birds from Mozambique (. j^4^) 



30. Stejneger on Japanese Birds j 



31. Stejneger on Hawaiian Birds 143 



32. Stejneger on Paleearctic Bullfinches i 



33. Stejneger on the Birds of the Commander Islands ... i 344 



34. Stejneger on a new Fruit Pigeon j 



35. Townseud's Field-notes on Californian Zoology 145 



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



Letters from Mr. J. H. Gurney ; Mr. W. Davison ; the Rev. Canon 

 H. B. Tristram, and the Rev. II. A. Macpherson. The Turati 

 Collection. The Breeding-habits of Flamingoes. The B.M. 

 Catalogue of Birds : Sale of a Great Auk's Egg 145 



Publications received since the issue of No. 20, Fifth Series, 



AND NOT noticed IN THE PRESENT NuMBER. 



1. Adamson. Some more illustrations of Wild Birds, showing their natural 

 habits. (4to. London, 1887.) 



2. ' The Auk.' (Vol. iv. no. 4.) 



3. Beckham. Additions to the Avifauna of Bayou Sara, La. (' The Auk,' 

 vol. iv. p. 299.) 



4. BtJCHNER. Die Vogel des St. Petersburger Gouvernements. (Beitr. zur 

 Kenntn. d. Russischen Reiches, Folge iii. Bd. ii. p. 1.) 



5. Emerson. Ornithological Observations in San Diego County. (Bull. 

 California Acad. Sci. vol. ii. p. 419.) 



6. Feilden. On the Zoology of Capt. Markham's Voyage to Hudson's Bay 

 in the Summer of 1886. (Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Soc. vol. iv. p. 344.') 



7. FiNSCH uud Blasius. Diego Garcia und seine Seeschwalben. (Ornis, 

 1887, p. 361.) 



8. Gurney. On the Misdeeds of the House-Sparrow {Passer domesticus). 

 (8vo. London, 1887, Gurney and Jackson.) 



9. Harvie-Brown and Bucklry. A Vertebrate Faima of Sutherland, 

 Caithness, and West Cromarty. (8vo. Edinburgh, 1887 ) 



10. Merriam. Report of the Ornithologist [of the United States] for the 

 Year 1886. (Ann. Rep. of the Dept. of Agriculture for 1886. Washington.) 



11. MoNTLEzuN. Note sur les Palmipedes Lamellirostres. (BuU. Soc. Nat. 

 d'Acclimat. France, 1886, pt. 3.) 



12. North. Notes on the Nests and Eggs of certain Australian Birds. (Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ser. 2, vol. ii. p. 405.) 



13. ' Ornis.' (Jahr. iii. Hefte ii., iii., 1887.) 



14. Palmen. Bidrag till kamiedomen om Sibiriska Ishafskustens Fogel- 

 fauna enligt Vega-expeditionens iakttagelser och samlingar. . (Vega-expedi- 

 tionens Vetenskapliga iskttagelser, vol. v. p. 241.) 



15. Ramsay. Description of a new Species of Epimachus, from the Astrolabe 

 Range, S.E. New Guinea. (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ser. 2, vol. ii. p. 239. ) 



16. Report on the Migration of Birds : 8th Report, 1886. (8vo. Edinburgh, 

 1887, M'Farlane and Erskine.) 



17. Salvadori. Uccelli raccolti nella Birmania Superiore. (Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Stor. Nat. Genova, ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 5G8.) 



18. Shufeldt. The Dermo-tensor Patagii Muscle, ('The Auk,' vol. iv. 

 p. 353.) 



19. Shufeldt. A Review of the Muscles used in the Classification of Birds. 

 (Journ. Comp. Med. & Surg., Oct. 1887.) 



20. Stejneger. Pars Propatagialis musculi cucuUaris. (Science, vol. x. 

 1887, p. 70.) 



21. Stejneger. Diagnosis of a new Species of Thrush (Turdus celcenopSf 

 sp, nov.) from Japan. (Science, vol. x. 1887, p. 108.) 



22. WiNGE. Fugle fra Knoglehuler i Brasiiien. (4to. Kjobenhavn, 1887.) 



