CONTENTS ov VOT. IV.— ELEVENTH SEKIES. 



(1922.) 



NuMnER 1, Jnmiary. 



Page 



I. Notes on some Eirds from tlie Near East and from 



Tropical East Africa By Colouel II. MErNKin/HAUEN, D.S.O., 

 F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (Text-ligiaes 1 -7) 1 



II. Notes on the Birds of Tsushima and iki Islands, Ja])aii. 



By Nagamichi Kuroda, RigaTcushi, F.M.B.O.U 75 



III. A short systematic review of the African Francolins. 



By C. W. Mackwortii Praiod, :^r.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. . . .105 



IV. A Heminiscenco of the last great flight of the Passenger 

 ^'i^eon {Ectopistes migratorius) in Canada. By Peuci" U. Lowk, 

 from information derived from Dr. A. 1). Welfokd of Wood- 

 stock, Ontario, Canada 137 



V. A note on some Oriental Zostero])idoe, and descriptions of 

 new Siibsjjecies. By E. C. Stuart Baker, M.B.O.U. . . .142 



VI. Some Remarks on the Names of certain Birds. By 

 Claud B. TicEHDRST, M.A., M.II.C.8., B.C., M.B.O.U. . . .147 



VII. Notes on some Indian Wlieatears. By Ci.aud B. Tice- 

 hurst, M.A.. M.R.C.S., B.C., M.B.O.U. (Text-figure 8.) . .151 



VIII. The Birds of Spitsbergen and Bear Island, By the 

 Rev. F. C. R. JouRDAiN, M.A., M.B.O.U., C.F.A.O.U. . . . 15!J 



IX. Species and Subspecies. By Pkrcy R. Lowe, M.B.O.U. 17'.) 



X. Obituary : Joel Asaph Allen ; Sergius Nikolakvich 

 Alpheraky ; Valentin Lvovich Bianchi ; William Spiers 

 Bruce; Charles Barney Cory; Alfred Grandidier ; John 

 Macoun 186 



XI. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



Chapiu on African Birds ; Cliapmau on new South American 

 l>irds; Chapman en Peruvian Birds; Crandall on the Blue 



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