XU CONTENTS. 



Page 

 XX. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Messrs. E. P. Ramsay, Allan Hume, E. L, Layard, 

 Blyth, J. H. Gurney, Gould, W. Jesse, and 0. Salvin ; Incuba- 

 tion of the Apteryx in England ; Sale of the Collection of the 

 late Prince Maximilian of Wied ; Deaths of Messrs. F. C. Du- 

 bois, C. J. Andersson, E. Yerreaux, and Edward Jesse . . . 231 



Number XV., July. 



XXI. Notes on Mr. LayarcVs ' Birds of South Africa.' By 

 J. H. GuKNEY, r.Z.S. (Plate VIII.) ; with additional Notes 



by The Editoe 253 



XXII. Notes on Birds breeding in the neighbourhood of 

 Sydney. By Edward P. Ramsay, C.M.Z.S 271 



XXIII. Note on Cidiladusa arquata and C. guttata. By Dr. 



M. T. VON Heuglin. (Plate IX.) 280 



XXIV. Ornithological Notes from the Ethiopian Region, By 

 Rowland M. Sperling, Acting-Commander, H.M.S. ' Racoon ' . 282 



XXV. On the Genus Acredula. By R. B. Sharpe . . . 295 



XXVI. On the Species of Birds collected by Dr. Stoliczlca in 

 Thibet and the Himalayas. By August von Pelzeln . . . 302 



XXVII. On the Ornithology of Palestine. Part VIII. By 



the Rev. H. B. Tristram, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c 321 



XXVIII. Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. English: — Sclater and Salvin's 'Exotic Ornithology,' 

 parts iv.-vi. ; Kennedy's * Birds of Berkshire and Buckingham- 

 shire ; ' ' Random Notes on Indian and Burman Ornithology ; ' 

 Harting's Blank ' Catalogue ' for Collectors 335 



2. German: — Von Marten's ' Zoology of the Prussian Expe- 

 dition to Eastern Asia ; ' Supplement to Badeker's ' Eggs of 

 European Birds ' 340 



3. Swiss : — ' Bulletin de la Societe Ornithologique de la 

 Suisse,' vol. ii. part 1 342 



