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 Podtceps cristattts breeding in the Plains, by A. Anderson 274 

 Additional Notes on Birds collected between Mussoori 

 and Gangaotri, by W. E. Brooks ... ... 275 



Kecently-describfd Species — 



Phylloscopus Tytleri, Brooks ... ... 279 



Turtur huinilior, Hume ... ... ... ib. 



Eurycercus cinerascens, Walden ... ... 280 



Aleippe collaris, Walden ... ... ... 281 



Sibia pulcliella, O. Austen ... ... ... ib. 



Poniatorbinus ocbraceieps, Walden ... ... 282 



Sternula placens, Gould ... ... ... ib. 



Porzana bicolor, Walden ... ... ... 283 



Cisticola ruficollis, Walden ... ... ... ib. 



Notes on a new Dumeticola, and on Tribuba ltjteoventris, 

 Hodgson, and Dumeticola affinis, Hodgson, by W. E. 

 Brooks ... ... • •• ... — 284 



Avifauna of Chota Nagpur ; Addenda et corrigenda, by 

 V. Ball ... ... ... " ... " ... 288 



On Drymoipus inobnattjs, Syhes, and D. longicaudatus, 

 Tickell, by W. E. Brooks ... ... ... 295 



Novelties? — 



Pitta Gurneyi (PI. Ill) ... ... ... 296 



Prionochilus modestus ... ... ... 298 



Geronticus Davisoni ... ... ... 300 



Ixus Davisoni ... ... ... ... 301 



Lyncornis Bourdilloni ... ... ... 302 



Notes on Cerchneis vespertina and C. amurensis, by li. 

 Bowdler Sliarpe . ... ... ... ...303 



Notes on " The Spotted Eagle," by W. E. Brooks ... 304 



Baza Sdmatrensis, Lafresn. ... ... ... 313 



A second list of the Birds of Tennasserim ... ... 3J7 



Notes — 



Breeding of Merops egyptius ... ... 326 



Ianthsenas nicobarica identical with C. palumboides ... 327 

 Ketupa flavipes and Bubo maximus from valley of 

 Bhagirattee ... •.. ... ... ib. 



Adult Cerchneis amurensis from Cackar ... ib. 



Carpophaga cuprea, Jerd. distinct from C. iusignis, 

 Hodgs. ... ... ... ... 328 



Tiga intermedia, Blyth, and rubropygialis, Malherbe, 

 doubtfully distinct ... .. ... ib. 



Stoliczkana Stoliczkse, Hume, is Leptopoecile sophiae, 

 Severtsov ... ... ... ... 329 



Letters to the Editor — 



Breeding of Palseornis sivalensis near Goojerat. — E. 

 Eield ... ... ... ib. 



Buchanga albirictus. — H. "Wenden ... ... 330 



Pratincola iusignis, Caprimulgus mahrattensis & Meni- 



eeros bicornis. — C.H.T. & G.E.L. Marshall ... ib. 

 Cries of Owls. — J. Eainey ... ... 332 



