Page. 



Mr. Sharpens supposed eggs of Leptoptilus javanicus, 



doubtful ... — ... ... 235 



Letters to the Editor — 



Birds seen between Suez and Bombay. — H. E. M. 

 James ... ... ... ••• 235 



Young of Painted Snipe, swim well.— J. Davidson 236 



How the principles of natural (or unnatural) selec- 

 tion are at times carried out — ~W. E. Beooks ... ib. 



The Kurrachi Museum Palumbus is casiotis ; 

 breeding of JEsacus recurvirostris in Sindh. — 

 C, Swinhoe ... ... ... 237 



Distinctness of Sturnia blythi ; an albinoid speci- 

 men of Chrysocolaptes strictus.—~Sl. A. Butlee... ib. 



No. 4. — November. 



A HlSTOET OF THE BlEDS OF CeTLON ... ... 239 



Note on Teibuea Mandelli, by "W. E. Brooks ... 24-0 



A second List of the Bieds of Noeth-Eastebn Cachab 24 L 



SCHffiNICOLA PLATYURUS ... ... ... 2(50 



puffinus chlororhynchus ... ... ... 264 



Sturnia bltthi ... ... ... ... 267 



Meegus seeeatob ... ... ... ••• 268 



Pn an undesceibed species of Phtlloscopus, by "W. 



Edwin Brooks ... ... .«* ... 272 



lophotriorchis kieneri ... ... ... 273 



Birds Nesting on the Eastern Naeba — Additions and 



Alterations, by S. B. Doig ... ... ... 277 



Notes— 



Difficulties connected with the nomenclature of some 



Asiatic Snipe ... ... ... 283 



Acridotheres siamensis ... ... ... 285 



Colours of the soft parts in the Mishmi Hill speci- 

 men of Ceriornis temmincki ... ... 286 



Chsetura nudipes, again ... ... ... ib. 



Priuia poliocephala not distinct from P. cinereo- 

 capilla; the latter possibly only a variety of 



P. socialis ... ... ... ib. 



Gracupica nigricollis ... ..- ... 288 



Collocalia brevirostris, Jifacclelland, a good and 



distinct species ... ... ... 289 



Reguloides viridipennis, Blyth ... ... 290 



Garrulax leucogaster, WaUen ... ... 292 



Pica bottanensis, a perfeclty distinct spe cies ... 293 



Sturnia incognita, in Tenasserim ... ... 295 



Acridotheres melanosternus, scarcely in my opinion 



a valid species ... ... ... ib- 



Cyornis poliogenys, Hume ... ... ib 



