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53. Riley on a new Ground-Dove 380 



54. Sclater's ' Birds of South Africa ' 381 



55. Scott's Voyage of the ' Discovery ' 382 



56. Sharpe on the Progress of Ornithology in 190-4 . . 383 



57. Stejneger on the Dippers and their Distribution . . 384 



58. Whitaker on the Birds of Tunisia 385 



XXIV. Letters, Extracts, and Notes : — 



Letters from Messrs. Herbert C. Robinson, J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown, S. Alpheraky, and Prof. Giacinto Martorelli. The 

 Cruise of the « Valhalla,' R.Y.S. ; Mr. Ridgway's Visit to Costa 

 Rica ; The Structure of the Ratitae ; The Wild Swan of 

 Seistan ; The Victoria Histories of the Counties of England ; 

 The Curatorship of the Sarawak Museum ; Corrections to 

 Mr. Buturlin's article on the Rosy Gull ; The New Ruwenzori 

 Expedition 387 



Number XXIII. , July. 



XXV. On a new Owl from Java. By Dr. 0. Finsch, 

 H.M.B.O.U. (Plate XVII.) . . . . 401 



XXVI. On the Birds collected in Transcaucasia by Mr. A. 



M. Kobylin. By S. A. Butuklin 407 



XXVII. Field-Notes on the Birds of Chinkiang, Lower 

 Yangtse Basin.— Part I. By J. D. D. La Louche, C.M.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U 427 



XXVIII. Notes on the Parrots. (Part V.) By T. 

 Salvadori, H.M.B.O.U 451 



XXIX. On the Birds collected by Mr. Walter Goodfellow 

 on the Volcano of Apo and in its Vicinity, in South-east 

 Mindanao, Philippine Islands. By W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. 

 (Plates XVIII. & XIX.) 4G5 



