CONTENTS OF NUMBER XV.— NEW SERIES. 



XXI. Notes on 3Ir. LayarcVs ' Birds of South Africa.' By J. H. Gtjrjtey, "' 

 F.Z.S. (Plate VIII.); with Additional Notes by The Editor . '. 25' 



XXII. Notes on Birds breeding in the neighbourhood of Sydney. Bv Edward 



P. Ramsay, C.M.Z.S f ... 271 



XXIII. Note on Cicldadusa arquata and C. guttata. By Dr. M. T. von 



Heuglin-. (Plate IX.) .'.*.'.. 28<i 



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. Stoliczla in Thibet and the 



Himalayas. By August von Pelzeln 302 



XXVII. On the Oniithology of Palestine. Part VIII. By the Rev H B 



Tristram, M.A., LL.D., E.R.S., &c. . . . . . . . . " . *. .' 321 



XXVIII. Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications : 



1. -E'«r//z:sA:-Sclater and Sahon's ' Exotic Ornithology,' parts iv.-vi.; Kennedy's 



Birds of Berkslure and Buckmghamshire ; ' 'Random Notes on Indian and 

 Burman Ornithology;' Harting's Blank ' Catalogue ' for Collectors 335 



2. German :— Von Martens's ' Zoology of the Prussian Expedition to Eastern Asia •' 



Supplement to Badeker's 'Eggs of European Birds.' '.340 



3. -Stem:— 'Bulletin de la SocieteOrnithologiquede la Suisse,' vol. ii. parti. . . 342 



4. /te/i«»:-Amgoni's History of Ornithology; Salvador! on De Filippi's Ornitho- 



logical Labours, and on Pnonochilns o ^o 



5. Portuguese:— B^xhoz^^n Bocage's papers in the 'Jomalde Sciencias de Lisboa ' 344 



6. ^mmmn:-Elliot's' Birds of North America,' parts v.-ix. ; Samuels's 'Orni- 



thology and Oology of New England ; ' Ornithological Papers in the 'American 



iN Rtilll'ftllStj. •••,♦ o^r 



7. .4?<s^ra/as«a?j:—Diggle8's 'Ornithology of Australia/ parts xi.-xv .348 



XXIX. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Messrs. WE. Brooks, Swinhoe, and Blyth, Capt. Beavan, Mr J H 



Gumey, and Prof. Huxley; Skeletons of the Dodo and Solitaire ..'.'. "..349 



Plate VI. is given with this Number. 



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