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XIV. Notes of a Visit to the Island of Eodriguez. By Ed- 

 WAED Newton, M.A., C.M.Z.S 146 



XV, On the Nests and Eggs of some New Zealand Birds. 



By Edwabd p. Ramsay 154 



XVI. Ornithology of a Prairie-Journey, and Notes on the 

 Birds of Arizona, By Elliott Coites, M.D., United States 

 Army 157 



XVII, Notes on the Ornithology of Spain, By Lord Lil- 

 EORB, E.L.S., F.Z.S. (Plate V,) 166 



XVIII, On certain Facts in the Economy of the Cuckoo 

 {Cuculus canorus). By George Dawson Eowley, M,A, . . 178 



XIX. The Sea-Birds and Waders of the Pacific Coast of 

 Guatemala. By Osbekt Salvijst, M,A,, E.L.S,, &c 187 



^ XX. Notes on the Birds of Spitsbergen. By Alfred New- 

 ton, M.A., F.L.S., &c, (Plate VI,) 199 



XXI. Recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. English: — Gould's 'Birds of Asia,' part 16: Shortt's 

 "Account of a Heronry, &c. in Southern India:" Rowe's 

 ' Catalogue of Birds of Devon :' Bridgemans's " Birds of Har- 

 row:" Rowell on the Parasiticism of the Cuckoo 220 



2. French : — Ornithological Papers in the ' Revue et Maga- 



sin de Zoologie' for 1864 223 



3. Italian : — Salvadori's ' Catalogue of the Birds of Sardinia' 225 



4. German : — Zelebor's Papers in the Vienna ' Jagd-Zei- 

 tung' 225 



5. Danisli : — Fischer on the Breeding of the Nutcracker . 226 



6. Swedish and Norwegian ; — Malmgren's 'Notes on the Bird- 

 Fauna of Spitsbergen :' Collett's ' Review, of the Ornithological 

 Fauna of Christiania ' 227 



7. Russian : — Von Baer on the Extinction of Alca im- 

 pennis 228 



8. American : — Elliot's ' Monograph of the Tetraonince,'' 

 parts 1 and 2 : Baird's ' Review of American Birds ' . . . . 228 



