CONTENTS OF NUMBER XXI.— SIXTH SERIES. 



I, Second List of Birds collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte, 

 F.Z.S., in Xvasaland. Bv Captain Gr. E. Shellbt, F.Z.S. 



(Plates I., li.) . . . .' 1 



II. On some Birds from Bagotu, Solomon Islands, and Santa 



Cruz. By H. B. Tristram, D.D., F.Ii.S. (Plate III.) . . 2S 



III. On the Taxonomy of the Swifts and Humming-birds : a 



Rejoinder. By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, C.M.Z.S 'M 



IV. On the Birds of the Calcutta District. Bv PaiLii' \V. Munn, 



M.B.O.U " 39 



V. Notes on some Tunisian Birds. By J. J. S. Wuitakek, F.Z.S. 7S 

 VI. On the Interbreeding of lildjiid-ira fiilvpnom with R.JliibeHi- 



fera. By J. C. McLeai^ . . . ' . ' 10') 



VII. On the Chri/sotis caiiifrons of Lawrence. By Ernst Hartekt. 102 

 VIII. Ornithology at Munich, Stuttgart, Darmstadt, Frankfort, and 



Cassel. By The Editor 106 



IX. Description of a new Species of Grebe from Central Peru. 

 By Hans, Graf von BHRnErscu, and Jeax SroLZJi\NN. 



(Plate IV.) 10!> 



X. Bulletinof the British Ornithologists' Club. Xos. XL & XIl. 113 

 XL Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. Allen on the Birds of ^Nlatto Grosso \'12 



2. Blaauw's Comparative List of the Birds of Holland and I ,.-,r, 



England I 



3. Gadow's "Aves" iu Bronu's'Thier-R'icir 124 



4. Gurney on an Immigration of the Lapland Bunting. . ( -..,- 

 o. Plasbroui-k on Dichromatisai in Mega^tcops ( 



6. Lewis on the Birds of Hertfordshire 1 



7. Meyer's Illustrations of Birds' Skeletons ^ ]2(> 



5. Meyer on the Birds of German New Gninea . . . . ] 



f). Nehrling's North American Birds 127 



10. Newton and (ladow's Dictionary of Birds 128 



11. Oustalot on Birds from India, Tibet, and China .... 129 



12. Pavesi's Ornithological Calendar of Pavia ' VO 



13. Reicheuow's List of German Birds \ 



14. Ridgway on two new Swifts I 



15. Ridgway on a new Ochmtophorw^ [■ 132 



16. Rothschild on the Avifsmna of Lay.'^an 1 



17. Ryder on the Form of the Fowl's Egg | ^.,, 



18. Selous on Mnshnniland and its Birds \ 



19. Shufeldt on a Hybrid Grouse 1 



20. Trimen on the Vertebrates of the Cape Colony . . . > 13-5 



21. Winge on Birds ob-^erved at the Danish Light-stations . ) 



XII. Letters, Extracts, Notices, &c. 



Letters from Heer F. E. Blaauw and Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant. 

 Report of the British Museum for 1892 ; Otocorys penicillntn 

 in Europe ; Collectors in South America ; The Systematic 

 Position of ^pyornis ; The Manns of ArchcBopteryx. Obituary : 

 Emin Pasha, Dr. George Bennett, and Pastor Baldamus . .130 



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