CONTENTS. 



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I. Notes on Collections of Birds in the British Museum, from 

 Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina, — Part I. 

 Tinamidae — Rallidse. By Charles Chubb, F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. (Plate I. and 2 Text-figures.) , . . . . 1 



II. Birds in the North of France, 1917-18. By Capt. A. 



W. BoTD, M.C., M.B.O.IJ 5e 



III. On one of the four original jnctures from life of the 



Reunion or White Dodo. By Lord IIothschild, F.R.S., 

 M.B.O.U. (Plate II.) 78 



IV. A note on Capt. Beebe's Monograph of the Pheasants. By 



H. J. Elwes, F.B.S., M.B.O.U SO 



V. On the Eclipse Plumage of SpevmopMla pileata Scl. By 



F. E. Blaaijw, M.B.O.U 83 



VI. List of the Birds of the Canary Islands, with detailed 

 reference to the Migratory Species and the Accidental 

 Visitors. — Part I. Corvidse — Sylviidae. By David A. 

 Bankeeman, M.B.E., B.A., M.B.O.U., F.E.G.S. . , . 84 



VIII. Obituary : Thomas Algernon Dorrien-Smith . . ... 131 



IX. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



Beebe's .Tungle Pencb ; F^nis on Bird-song; Ghigi on the 

 Origin of the Domostic Fowl ; Gladstone's Ornithologist's 

 Note-Book; Lornberg on A^cicfln Birds; Lord on Tas- 

 maniaii Birds; Mathews on Australian Birds; Robinson 

 and Kloss on new Malayan Birds ; Shufeldt on the Monkey- 

 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 Pubhcations received 132 



X. Letters, Extracts, and Notes : — 



Letters from Mr. Hugh Whistler and IMr. E. C. vStuart 

 Baker on the Indian Peregrine Falcon ; from the Rev. F. 

 C. R. Jourdain on Mr. Hartin<? and Model a Nomenclature ; 

 Fourth Oological Dinner ; The proposed ' Systema Avium ' ; 

 Notice to Members 14& 



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