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CONTENTS OE NUMBER XXIII.— EIETH S'ticej 



XXVI. List of Birds collected in Eastern Africa hy Mr. Prederick 

 J. Jjickson, F.Z.S. By Capt. G. E. Shelley, E.Z.S. 

 With jSTotes and an Introduction by the Collector. 

 (Plates VI., VII.) 287 



XXVII. On the Birds of the Snares Islands, New Zealand. By 



Dr. 0. FiNscH, Ph.D., H.M.B.O.U., &c 307 



XXVIII. On Merxda torquata and its Geographical Races. By 



Henry Seebohm . 309 



XXIX. On Phnsiayms torquatus and its Allies. By Henry SEEBopi 312 



XXX. On Hirundo riistica and Motacilla mdanope in Ceylon. By 

 Samuel Bligh. (Communicated by JoHxV Henry 

 GURNEY.) .310 



XXXI. Description d'une nouvelle Espece du Genre Emheriza. 



Par L. Taczanowski. (Plate VIII.) 317 



XXXII. On the Dates of Publication of Bonaparte's ' Iconografia 



della Fauna Italica.' By T. Salvadori, C.M.Z.S. . . 320 



XXXIII. Xotes on the Emperor Penguin {Ai:>tenodytes forsteni). 



By P. L. ScLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.il.S 325 



XXXIV. On the Classification of the Striges. By Frank E. 



Bedtiard, M.A., F.Z.S., Prosector to the Zoological 

 Society of London 33,5 



XXXV. On the Birds observed by Dr. Bunge on his recent Visit to 



Great Liakoff Island. By Henry Seebohm .... 344 



XXXVI. Critical Notes on the Procellariidaj. By Osbert Salvin, 



M.A., F.R.S., &c 351 



XXXVII. Notices of Eecent Ornithological Publications : — 



59. Bartlett on Weavers and Finches 360 



60. Beiiepsch ou Colombian Trochilidre Ion 



61. Boeage on additions to the Avifauna of St. Thomas . , ! j 



62. Boeage on Birds from Equatorial Africa 1 



63. Bull on the Birds of Herefordsliire I 3(52 



64. Buller's * Birds of New Zealand ' ) 



65. Carazzi on additions to the Birds of Spezia \ .-,„,, 



<i'd, 67. Chamberiaiu on Canadian Birds ( '-"^''^ 



QS. Dubois on the Birds of Belgium 3(i4 



•39. Emin Pasha's Letters and Journals ( ^ 



70. Harvie-Browu on the Isle of May ( ""'^ 



71. Le Messurier on Indian Game-, Shore and Water Birds . . 366 



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