CONTENTS OP NUMBER XXIV.— FIPTH SEllIES. 



XXXIX. Further Descriptions of new Species of Birds discovered 

 by Mr. John Whitehead on the Mountain of Kina Balu, 

 Northern Borneo. By E. Bowdler Sharpe, F.L S , 



r.Z.S., &c. (Plates IX.-XII.) .383 



XL. Note on the Geographical Distribution of the Crested 



Cuckoos (Coccystes). By G. C.Norman, F.Z.S. . .390 

 XLI. Notes on some Oriental Birds. By John Whitehead . 409 

 XLU. On the Habits and llange of Bulwer's Pheasant. By 



W, H. Treacher 4]^3 



XLIII. An Attempt to Diagnose the Suborders of the' Great 

 Gallino-Gralline Group of Birds by the aid of Osteo- 

 logical Characters alone. By Henrt Skebohm . . , 415 

 XLIV. Note on the Genus Itectes. By R. Bowdler Shaiipe! 



F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c ; 43.5 



XLV, On two apparently uudescribed Species of S/wrnu's. By 



R. Bowdler Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. . . . . . 438 



XLVI. On a Breeding- colony of Larus eburnms on Spitsbergen. 

 By Professor Robert Collett, Zoological Museum, 



ChrLstiania. (Plate XIII.) . 440 



XLVII. Winter Notes in Spain. By Abel Chapman . '. ! ! [444 

 XLVIII. On the Birds of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentine 

 Republic, By Frank W^ithington. With Notes by 



P. L. Sclater 4gl 



XLIX. On the Identity o{ This pro^inqua -with. Ibis melanocephala. 



By Henry Seebohm 473 



L. Notes on some Species of Zosterops. By Alfred and 



Edward Newton 4-4 



LI. On two new Species of Starlings. By R. Bowdler Sharpe' 



TTT ^. ^•^•S-&c :476 



Lil. Diagnoses of some new Species of Birds obtained on the 

 Mountain of Kina Balu by Mr. John Whitehead. By 



R. Bowdler Sharpe, F.L.S. &c 478 



LIII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



83. ' The Auk ' 47<, 



84. ' The Audubon Magazine ' .* . ." 4Sl 



80. Barboza du Bocage ou a new Bird from St. Tliom^ ', . ". 1 ' 



86. Belgian Oniithological Report for 1886 ^482 



87. Biittikofer on Birds from Liberia " * i 



88. Dall ou the Scieutific Work of Professor Baird 



Fiirbringer on the Anatomy of Birds '.'.'. \ "^^^ 



Gigholi oh Birds from Assab and 8hoa 484 



89. 

 90. 



9 L Irbv's Kev List of British Birds , 



02. Koiler on tji^ Birds of Holland .' . ! ! |' "^'^ 



93. Menzbier on the Posthumous Works of SevertzofF .' .' ,' | ^. 



94. Meyer and Helm ou Ornithological Stations in Saxonv . i ^°^ 



95. 'Ornls'. ' • • i 



98. Pelzehi and Lorenz on Types in the Vienna Museum . . ( 487 



97. Salvador! on the Birds of Shoa I 



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