CONTENTS. 



Page 

 XX. Observations on the Bird-Life of the Anatolian Plateau 

 daring the Summer of 1907. By L. N. G. Ramsay, M.A., 

 B.Sc. (Text-figuro 6.) 365 



XXI. Notes from Mesopotamia. By Capt. R. Mbineetzhagen-, 



M.B.O.U. (Text-figure 7.) 387 



XXII. A Note on the Common Ringed Plover of the British Isles 

 (Oharadrius Jiiaticola major Seebohm), and on Colora- 

 tion as a Factor in Generic Differentiation. By PERcr 

 R. Lowe, M.B.O.U ; 395 



XXIIL' Notes on Molina's Pelican (Pelecanus ihagus). By Henei"" 



0. Forbes, LL.D., M.B.O.U. (Plate XIII.) . . . . 403 



XXIV. On a Peculiarity in the Nest of the Tasmanian Tit {Acan- 

 thiza diomenensis). By H. Sifaet Dove, M.R.A.O.U. 

 (Plate XIV.) . 420 



XXV. The Surface-Breeding Petrels of the Kermadec Group. 



By Tom Iredale, M.B.O.U. (Plate XV.) . . . . .423 



XXVI. On Sterna, fuscata Linne. Bv Tom Ieedale, M.B.O.U. 



(Plate XVI.) " 436 



XXVII. The Distribution and Nidifieation of the Tubinares in the 

 North Atlantic Islands. By David A. Bannerman, B.A.. 

 M.B.O.U., F.R.G.S. (Plate XVII.) .438 



XXVIII. Some Facts bearins on the Affinities of Smithorv.is. By 

 G. L. Bates, M.B.O.U. (Plate XVIII. and Text- 

 figure 8.) 495 



XIX. Notes on some Species of the Genus Thctlassogeron. By 



T. Salvadoei, Hon.M.Z.S. (Plate XIX.) 503 



XXX. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



Bryant on the Wes^tern Meadowlark ; Chaadler on Areas of 

 Distribution and Extent of Specific Modification ; Chandler 

 on the Plumage of Circus hudsonius; Chapman on new 

 Neotropical Birds ; Flower on Indian Zoological Gardens ; 

 Grinnell on Berkeley Birds ; Grinnell on the Birds of the 

 lower Colorado River; Hartert's Palsearctic Birds; Howard's 

 British Warblers ; Baron Loudon's Fifth Journey to Central 

 Asia ; Mathews on Australian Birds ; Phillips on Size 

 Inheritance; Phillips on Birds from the Sudan ; Robinson 

 on Malayan Birds ; Salvadori and Festa on the Hawfinch of 

 Sardinia; Schalow on Muller's Calamoherpe brehmii; Seha- 

 low on the Nutcracker in Thuringia ; Stresemann on the 

 Birds of Ceram ; Stresemann on the History of the Para- 

 dise-bird ; Thayer and Bangs on Siberian Birds ; "Walpole- 

 Bond on rare British Birds ; Aquila ; Cassinia ; .Journal 

 S. African Ornithologists' Union ; The South Australian 

 Ornithologist ; and List of other Publications received . . 506 



XXXI. Letters, Extracts, and Notes : — 



Letters from Messrs. J. Lewis Bonhote, C. B. Ticehurst, 

 C. Boden Tvloss, G. C. Lambert, D. A. Bannerman, and 

 W. C. Tait ; A Naumann Museum in Cothen ; Disputed 

 Questions in Nomenclature ; An Apology 528 



Communications intended for publication in ' The Ibis ' should be addressed 

 to tl.e Editor. 



Members are requested to inform the Secretary, c/o The Zoological Society 

 of London, IJeizent's Park, N.W., of any chan<re of Address, so that the 

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