XXSVl CONTENTS. 



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XVII. Remarks on the Syrinx of the Scohpaciche. By "VY. P. 

 Ptcraft, M.B.O.U. (Text-figs. 6-9.) ........ 334 



XVIII. Obituary. Efgene William Gates 341 



XIX. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



30. Abbott on the Osprey 343 



31. Beebe on the Hoatzin 343 



32. Duerden on the Plumages of the Ostrich .... 344 



33. Eleming on a supposed new Duck 344 



34. Gladstone on Dumfriesshire Birds 344 



35. Goldman on an American Kingfisher 345 



36. Hall on the Feather-Tracts of Splunmra 345 



37. Henshaw on the Migration of the Pacific Plover . . 345 



38. Howard on British Warblers 346 



39. 'The Irish Xaturalist' 346 



40. Kirkman on British Birds 346 



41. Koenig on the Result of his Visit to the Sudan . . 347 



42. Mearns on a supposed new Sun-bird 348 



43. Mearns on new Cisticolae 348 



44. Reiser on the Wheatears of the Balkan Peninsula . . 348 



45. Reiser on his ' Ornis Balcanica ' 349 



46. Reiser on Vultures' Habits 349 



47. ' Annals of Scottish Natural History ' 349 



48. Tschusi on Two new Corsican Birds 350 



49. Van Pelt-Lechner on Dutch Oology 350 



XX. Letters, Notes, etc. : — 



Letters from Messrs. Robert Gurney and Hugh S. Gladstone ; 

 The National Museum of Natural History of Buenos Ayres ; 

 The Birds of Sinai 352 



Number XXITI., Juhj. 



XXI. On the Birds of Ngamiland. By W. R. Ogilvie- 

 Gkant, M.BO.U. With Itinerary and Field-notes by R. B. 

 WoosNAM, M.B.O.U. (Text-figure 10.) 355 



