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VIII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications :— 



Beebe's Jungle Peace; Fenis on Bird-song; Ghigi on the 

 origin of the Domestic Fowl ; Gladstone's Ornithologist's 

 Note-Book ; Lonnberg on Africnn Birds ; Lord on Tasnianian 

 Birds; Mathews on Australian Birds; Robinson and Kloss on 

 new Malayan Birds ; Shufeldt on the Monkev-eating Eagle of 

 the Philippine Is. ; Taverner on Canadian Birds ; Van Oort 

 on the Birds of Holland ; The Auk ; Avicultural Magazine ; 

 The Emu; and List of other Ornithological Publications 

 received 13-2 



IX. Letters, Extracts, and Notes : — 



Letters from Mr. Hugh Whistler and Mr. E. C. Stuart 

 Baker on tlie Indian Peregiine Falcon ; from the Rev. F. C. 

 R. .Tourdain on Mr. Harting and Modern Nomenclature ; 

 Fourth Oological Diuner ; Tlie proposed ' Systema Aviiini'; 

 Notice to Members 149 



Numb MR 2, April. 



X. Some Notes on Ilieraa'etus a i/resi Gnrney view . { Lojiho- 

 triorchis hicaui Sharpe et auctorum). By C. G. Finch- 

 Davies, Lt. 1st S.A.M.R., M.B.O.U. (Plate HI.) .... 167 



XI. Note on certain recently described Subspecies of Wood- 

 peckers. By H. C. RoHiNsox M.B.O.U., C.M.Z.S 179 



XII. Some Notes on Oriental Woodpeckers and Barbets. 



By E. C. Stuart Baker, M.B.O.U 181 



XIII. Notes on Birds observed in Palestine. By Major A. 



G. L. Sladen, M.C, R.E., M.B.O.U. (Plate IV.) . . , .222 



XIV. A note on the Buzzards of the Ethiopian Region. 



By W. L. Sclater, M.B.O.U. (Plate V.) 251 



XV. Notes on Collections of Birds in the British Museum, 

 from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. Part II. Podici- 

 pediformes — Accipitriformes. By Charles Chubb, F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U 256 



