LIST OF CONTENTS. 

 PART IV.— 1879. 



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November 18, 1879. 



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The Secretary. Eeport on the additions to the Society's Menagerie in June, July, August, 



and September 1879 66d 



Mr. Henry O. Forbes. Letter from, on the distribution of the Badger-headed Mydaus 



(Mydaus melieeps) in Java ""■* 



Mr. Edward E. Alston. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, some Burmese and Afghan 



Mammals collected by Mr. E. G. Wardlaw Eamsay 665 



Mr. Edward E. Alston. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a skull of Tapirus dowi 666 



Dr. A. B. Meyer, C.M.Z.S. Letter from, concerning the locality of Cervus alfrcdi 666 



Mr. Eowland Ward. Exhibition of a head of a Chamois (Rupicapra tragus) with two pairs 



of horns 



666 



Prof. Flower. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, the skull of a Beluga, or White Whale. 



Belphinapterm leucas . .- 667 



1. Description d'un nouveau Synallaxe peruvien. Par L. Taczanowski, C.M.Z.S 670 



2. Description d'un nouveau Tyrannide peruvien. Par L. Taczanowski, C.M.Z.S 670 



3. Notice sur quelques Oiseaux du Turkestan. Par L. Taczanowski, C.M.Z.S 672 



4. On a Collection of Birds from the Comoro Islands. By Captain G. E. Shelley 673 



5 Descriptions of two new Species of African Birds. By Captain G. E. Siielley. 



(Plate L.) 6 ? 9 



6. Note on the Female of Lophophorus sclateri, Jerdon, from Eastern Assam. By Lieut. - 



Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.Z.S. &c. (Plate LI.) 681 



7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera. 



By the Bev. O. P. Cambridge, M.A., C.M.Z.S., Hon. Memb. New-Zealand Institute. 

 (Plates LII. & LIII.) 681 



B On some African Species of Lepidoptera belonging to the Subfamily Nymphalina. By 



W. L. Distant. (Plate LIV.) 703 



D. Description of a new Oriole from Borneo. By E. G. Wardlaw Eamsay, F.Z.S., 



M.B.O.U., Lieutenant 67th Eegiment 709 



10 On the Question of the Identity of Species of the Common Domestic and the Chinese 



Goose. By. F. B. Goodacre, M.D., F.Z.S 710 



December 2, 18/9. 



The Secretary. Eeport on the additions to the Society's Menagerie in October 1879 .... 713 



Mr. E. L. Layard, F.Z.S. Letter from, containing remarks upon the desirability of the 



adoption by naturalists of a fixed scale of colour in describing animals 713 



Contents continued on page 3 of wrapper. 



