CONTENTS OF NUMBER XXII. {continued). 



XXIV. Letters, Extracts, Xotices, &c. 



Letters from Mr. John Whitehead, Mr. A. Everett, Heer F. 

 E. Blaauw, Mr. L. W. Wiglesworth, the Rev. Canon Tristram, 

 Dr. W. T. Blanford, Mr. E. Hartert, and Mr. W. P. Pycraft. 

 The Structure and Variations of the Bird's-Egg; Dates of 

 Publication of Jardine and Selby's ' Illustrations of Orni- 

 thology ' ; An extinct Apterygine Bird in Australia ; Sale of a 

 Great Auk's Egg ; The Black Crow of Somaliland ; Supposed 

 new extinct Gigantic Bird in Australia ; Mr. R. C. L. Perkins 

 in the Sandwich Islands oKJ 



Publications received since the issue of No. 21, Sixth Series, 



AND not noticed IN THE PRESENT NuMBER. 



28. Adair. The Short-eared Owl and the Kestrel (F. tnmunculus), in the 

 Vole Plague Districts. (Ann. Scottish Nat. Hist. 1892, p. 219.) 



29. Andersen. Liguriyius sinicus i Danmark. (Vidensk. Meddel. naturh. 

 Foren. i Kbhvn. 1893, p. 166.) 



30. Annals of Scottish Natural History. (1891, No. 9.) 



31 . Blasius. Das neue Japanische und Russische Jagdgesetz, vom Stand- 

 punkte des Vogelschiitzers aus betrachtet. (Orn. Monats. Deutsch. Ver. z. Schutze 

 d. Vogelw. xviii. 1893.) 



32. Brewster. A Brood of young Flickers {Colaptes auratus), and how they 

 were fed. (Auk, x. p. 231.) 



33. BijTTiKOFER. Description of a new Genus of Crakes. (Notes Leyden 

 Mus. XV. p. 274.) 



34. BtrxTiKOFER. Ornithologische Sammlungen aus Celebes, Saleyer und 

 Flores. (Zool. Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederl. Ost-Indien, Band iii.) 



35. Chapman. On the Birds of the Island of Trinidad. (Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist. vi. pp. 1-8G.) 



36. Clarke. The Persecution of the Great Skua {Stercorarms catarrhactes) . 

 (Ann. Scottish Nat. Hist. 1894, p. 8.) 



37. CoLLETT. Miudre Meddelelser vedrorende Norges Fuglefauna i Aarene 

 1881-92. (Nyt Mag. f. Naturv. xxxv. Sheets 13-25.) 



38. Elliot. The Life and Services of John James Audubon. (Trans. N. 

 York Ac. Sci. xiii. p. 45.) 



39. Finsch. Einiges iiber Siidsee-Rallen. (Orn. Monats. Deutsch. Ver. z. 

 Schutze d. Vogelw. xviii. p. 457.) 



40. Flower. Address to the Museums Association, July 1893. (8vo. 

 London, 189-3.) ^ ..." 



41. Lataste. Minuscule Contribution a I'Ornithologie Chilienne. (Proces- 

 Verb. Soc. Scient. Chili, 1893, p. cxiii.) 



42. Lataste. List d'Oiseaux recueillis par M. le Dr. F. Delfin dans le d^troit 

 de Magellan et environs. (Proces-Verb. Soc. Scient. Chili, 1893, p. cxxi.) 



43. Leverkithn. Materialien zum Kapitel " Sonderbare Brutstatten " 

 (Orn. Monats. Deutsch. Ver. z. Schutze d. Vogelw. xviii.), and 6 other pamphlets. 



44. Mathew. a Revised List of the Birds of Somerset. (8vo. Taunton, 

 1893.) 



45. Meyer. Beschreibung einiger neuen ViJgel aus dem Ostindischen 

 Archipel. (J. f. O. 1894, p. 89.) 



46. Milne-Edwards et Oustalet. Notice sur quelques especes d'Oiseaux 

 actuellement eteintes qui se trouvent representees dans les collections du Museum 

 d'Histoire Naturelle. (Extrait da Vol. commemoratif du Centenaire de la 

 Fondation Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 1893.) 



47. Nature Notes. The Selborne Society's Magazine (No. 38, Vol. iv.) 



48. Nelson and Palmer. Descriptions of five new Birds from Mexico. 

 (Auk, xi. p. 39.) 



49. The Nidiologist. (Vol. i. no. 4, 1893.) 



50. Ornithologisches Jahrbuch. (Jahr. iv. 1893, Heft 6; Jahr. v. Heft 1.) 

 61. Oustalet. Notice sur le I)rejxinornis bruijni (Nouv. Arch. d. Mus. 



ser. 3, V. p. 295 (1893), and 12 other pamphlets. 



52. Parrot. Ornithologisches aus dem britischen Museum. (Ornith. 

 Mouatss. xvi. p. 343.) 



53. Parrot. Ueber die Grossenverhaltnisse desHerzensbei Vijgeln. (Zool. 

 Jahrb. vii. p. 496.) 



