Tage. 

 Bescriptioh of ahothkk Is'ew Eeguloides, by "W. E. 



Brooks ... — — — 390 



TSTOTELTIES ? — 



Larus intidminrttus ... ..* ... 394 



Sturnia incognita ... ... ... 396 



Me. Shaepe's Catalogue of the Bieds in the Beitish 



Museum, Vol. IV. ... ... - 397 



A MoNOGEAPH OP THE CiNNYEiDiE, by Gapt. Shelley, (Second • 



Notice) ... .. - 399 



Captain Legge's " Bikds of Cetlon," (Second Notice) ... 404 



Notes. — 



The identify of Eallina manderina and Rallus pay- 

 kulli, with a translation of the original description 



of this latter ... ... ... 406 



Difficulties in regard to Geese that require elucida- 

 tion ... ... — ... 407 



Our Burmese Thriponax to stand as feddeni, and not 



crawfurdi, which latter is quite distinct ... 409 



On the plumage of old examples of Butoridea 



javanicus ... ... ... ... 410 



Swifts of the Apus type, (C. pallidas and pekinensis) 4H 



On the female of Querquedula falcata ... ib. 



The European Solitary Snipe ... ... 412 



The female of Querquedula glocitans ... ... ih. 



Motacilla japonica, /Sm;m2A. ... ... 413 



Motaeilla ocularis, common at Mouhnein ... rS. 

 Letters to thk Editoe. — ■ 



A correction. Alfeed Newton ... ... «5. 



Halcyon chloris on the West Coast. G. Vidal ... 414 



The original edition of Pennant's Zoology. Alfeed 



Nkwton ... ... ... ... 415 



JElanus ccenileus, (two letters). J. Davidson ... ib. 



Nidification of Elanus coeruleus. .T. H. Tule ... 416 



Asio hutleri and Caprimulgus tamaricis. H. B. 



Teisteaim ... ... ... ... 417 



Differences in the colours of irides. H. J. Eainet ib. 



Water-hen inhabiting a hole in a bank. J. Cock- 



bueN ... ... ... ... 418 



The Pink-headed Duck near Lucknow. Geo. Eeid ib. 



Sexing eggs. Eugene Gates ... ... 419 



On the Diagnosis of Indian Geese. A. 0. Hume ib. 



No. 6. — December, 



Notes on Falco ateiceps and Palco peeegeinatob, by 



J. H. Gurney ... ... ... ... 45S 



Notes on Tubdus dissimilis, Blyth, by Henry Seebohm ... 437 



