CONTENTS OE NUMBER XII.— THIRD SERIES. 



Page 

 XXXIX. Notes on the Ornithology of Sardinia. By A. B. Brooke, 



F.Z.S. . 335 



XL. On Rallus modestus of New Zealand. By Captain F. W. 



Htjtton 349 



XLI. Notes on the TrocMlidce. The Genus Thcdurania. By 

 Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.R.S., &c, and D. G. Elliot, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 353 



XLII. Notes on Chinese Ornithology. By Robert Swinhoe, 



F.Z.S. &c 361 



XLIII. Additions to the List of Birds of Nicaragua. By P. L. 



Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S 372 



XLIV. Notes on Birds ohserved at Para. By E. L. La yard, 

 Esq., H.B.M. Consul. — With Descriptions of two new 

 Species. By P. L. Sclater. (Plates XIV. & XV.) . . 374 



XLV. On the Birds of the Province of Kattiawar in Western 



India. By J. Hates Lloyd, Capt. Bomhay Staff Corps . 397 



XL VI. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Mr. J. II. Gurney, Mr. R. Swinhoe, and Capt. F. W. 

 Hutton ; Extracts from letters received from Mr. Salvia ; New 

 Publications received ; Recent discoveries in Fossil Ornithology. 421 



A Supplementary Number, to conclude the present volume, will be issued 

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 logical Literature of 1872, together with the Title, Index, and Contents of the 

 volume for 1873. 



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