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83. Marshall on the Anatomy of Phalcenoptilus . . .591 



84. Martorelli on the Variations of Dendrocopus major . 591 



85. Mearns on new Philippine Birds 592 



86. Oberholser on the Genus Bleda 592 



87. Ogawa on Birds from the Japanese Islands . . . 593 



88. Oustalet on Birds from Lake Tchad 594 



89. Petenyi's ' Ornithological Fragments ' 594 



90. Pratt's 'Two Years in New Guinea' 594 



91. Pycraft on the Position of the Eun/lcemidce . . . 595 



92. Pycraft on the Skeleton of the Musk-Duck . . .596 



93. Kalfe's ' Birds of the Isle of Man ' 596 



94. Reiser's ' Ornis Balcanica ' 597 



95. Ridgway on new Genera and Species 598 



96. Riley on Three new Venezuelan Birds 599 



97. Shelley's < Birds of Africa ' 599 



98. Stone on Birds from Lower California 600 



99. Stone on Birds from British East Africa .... 600 



100. Thayer and Bangs on the Birds of the Pearl 



Islands 601 



101. Thayer and Bangs on the Birds of Panama . . . 601 



102. Van Oort on the Red-crested Pochard 601 



103. Van Oort on a new Bird-of-Paradise 602 



XXXIV. Obituary:— 



Canon Tristram, Dr. Jean Cabanis, and Dr. Victor Fatio . 602 



XXXV. Letters, Notes, and Extracts : — 



Note on the Eggs of Ross's Rosy Gull (Plate XX.) ; Letter 

 from Mr. H. E. Dresser. Note on Emberiza citriniventris ; 

 The Wild Swan of Seistan ; Mr. Woosnam's Expedition to 

 Ruwenzori ; Return of the ' Valhalla ' ; Mr. Scott's Investiga- 

 tion of Bird-life ; Committee of Inquiry on the Grouse-disease ; 

 Captain Boyd Alexander's Expedition ; Gaetke's Ornithological 

 Diary ; The Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 610 



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