CONTENTS OF NUMBER XV.— EIGHTH SERIES. 



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 XXIV. On a Collection of Birds from the District of Deelfonteiu 

 in Cape Colony. By E. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. &c. — 

 Part II. (Plate VIII.) 313 



XXV. Description of a new Species of Dove of the Genus Haplo- 



pelia. By T. Salvadori, F.M.Z.S 367 



XXVI. Key to the Pakearctic Species of Larks of the Genus Oto- 



corys. By V. BiANcrtr, F.M.B.O.U 370 



XXVII. On a rare Passerine Bird from Xew Guinea. By P. L. 



Sclaier, D.Sc, F.ll.S. (Plate IX.) 373 



XXVIII. Note on the Decrease in the Weight of Eggs as Incubation 

 advances. By Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U 370 



XXIX. On the Geographical Distribution of the True Pheasants 



(Genus Phasianus sensu stricto). By S. A. Buturlin . 377 



XXX. On the Birds collected by Mr. Robert Hall, of Melbourne, 

 on the Banks of tbe Lena River between Gigalowa and 

 its Mouth. By Ernst Haeieet, Ph.D., F.Z.S. With 

 an Introduction and Field-notes by Robert Hall, 

 C.M.Z.S 415 



XXXI. On Sexual Variation in the Wing of the Lapwing ( Vanellm 



vulgaris). By F. W. Fkohawk, M.B.O.U., F.E.S. . . 446 



XXXII. Field-notes on Birds from the Western Pyrenees. By A. 



H. Evans, M.A., F.Z.S 452 



XXXIII. Proceedings at tho Annual General Meeting of the British 



Ornithologists' Union, 1904 457 



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