CONTENTS. 



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1. Late Appearance of Cetonia aurata , 1 



2. Arrested Development in Timarcha coriaria and Lagria hirta 1 



3. Note on Chrysomela marginata 2 



4. Note on Mr. Wallace's Distribution of Passerine Birds 3 



5. On the Bursa Fabricii in Birds 3 



6. Recent Observations on the Parrots of the Genus Eclectus 19 



7. On the Nesting of the Spoonbill in Holland. (Written in conjunction with 



P. L. SCLATER, M.A., F.E.S., &c.) 26 



8. Lepidoptera captured during an Excursion to Switzerland and the Italian 



Lakes 29 



9. Melanism in Lepidoptera 32 



10. Reports on the Collections of Birds made during the Voyage of H.M.S. 



' Challenger.' No. VII. On the Birds of Cape York and the neighbouring 

 Islands (Raine, Wednesday, and Booby Islands) 34 



11. On a small Collection of Birds from the Samoan Islands and the Island of 



Rotumah, Central Pacific 43 



12. Letter concerning the Locality of Garrulus lidthi 45 



13. Staphylimis fulvipes in the New Forest 46 



14. On the Anatomy of the African Elephant (Elephas africanus, Blum.) 46 



15. On the Systematic Position of the Genus Lathaimis of Lesson. (Plate I.) ... 62 



16. A Synopsis of the Meliphagine Genus Myzomela, with Descriptions of two new 



Species. (Plates II. & III.) 71 



17. On the Systematic Position and Scientific Name of " Le Perroquet Mascarin" 



of Brisson 96 



18. Notes on Butterflies observed in the Valais of Switzerland in 1878 100 



19. The Glacial Period and Geographical Distribution 104 



20. On the External Characters and Anatomy of the Red TJakari Monkey (Bra- 



chyurus rubicundus) , with Remarks on the other Species of that Genus. 

 (Plates I V.-VL) 105 



21. On the Cause of Death of a Leopard 127 



22. On Antilocapra amcricana 127 



