CONTENTS OE NUMBEE I.— SIXTH SEllIES. 



Page 

 I. Notes on some Birds of the Cakary Islands, By E. G. Meade- 

 Waldo m^ 1 



II. Ornithological Fotes on the ^Sand of Gran Canaria. By H. 



B. Tristram, D.D., r.E.S 13 



III. On the Gftrnis Flatalea, with a Description of a new Species 



from New Guinea. By W. K. Ogilvie-Grai^t. (Plate I.) 32 



IV. Notes on ^Yoodpeckers. — No. XV. On three new American 



Species. By Edward Hargitt, E.Z.S 58 



V. On the Breeding of Pufflaus auduboni in the Island of Bar- 

 bados. By Colonel H. W. Eeildek , . 60 



VI, On the Ornithology of Northern Borneo. By K. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, F.L.S. (So., Zoological Department, British Museum. 

 With Notes by John Whitehead. (Plates Il.-IV.) . . 63 

 VII. Notes on the Birds collected by Dr. G. Radde in the Trans- 



caspian Region. By H. E. Dresser, E.Z.S. (Plate V.) . 85 

 VIII. An Attempt to Diagnose the Suborders of the Ancient Ardeino- 

 Anseriue Assemblage of Birds by the aid of Osteological 



Characters alone. By Henry Seeboem 92 



IX. On an apparently undescribed Species of Owl from Anjouan 

 Island, proposed to be called Scops capaodes. By JoHif 



Henry Gurney 1U4 



X. On Scolopax rosenherqi and S. satarata. Bv T. Salvadoki, 



C,M.Z.S. . . . '. ' 107 



XI. Notices of recent Ornithological Publicatiojis : — 



1. Allen on the Birds of the American Museniu of Natural 



History 11:? 



2. Allen on the Flight of Bii'ds 1 



3. 4. Barboza du Bocage on Birds from St. Tuoinas, V/est > 114 



Africa ) 



o. Beckham on the Birds of South-western Texas . . . . i 



6. Bendire on Pohoptila cnlifornica > 115 



7. Bendire on Neats and Eggs from Arizona ) 



8. Berlepsch on new or rare Birds from Bjgota (. nr* 



9. R. Blasius on the Birds of Brunswick \ 



10. R. Blasius on. Merc/us anatarius in" 



11. W. Blasius on Birds from Palawan ( 



12. W. Blasius on Birds from Great Sarghir ) 



13. Brusina on the Bii-ds of Croatia > 118 



14. Forbes on Attempts to reach the Owen Stanley Peali: . . ) 



15. J. G. on the Birds of the Stonyhurst District 1 



16. Hartlaub on Bird-collecting during Scientilic Expeditions . > 119 



17. Haxt\vin\> ovl Niffrifa arnaudi ) 



18. Kempen on Abnormal Plumages in Birds ) 



19. Lawrence on a new Thrush (. 1 oa 



20. Meyer and Helm's Report on the Oi'iiithological Observing- [ 



Stations for Saxony j 



21. Sir E. Newton's Presidential Address ( 1-->1 



22. Picaglia on Pallas's Sand Grouse in Italy j^ j-1 



23. Prejeval sky "s Fourth Journey ]22 



24. Ramsay's List of Australiiin Birds 123 



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