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A MONTHLY SCIENTIFIC, ARTISTIC, AND INDUSTRIAL REVIEW. 



GUARANTEED CIRCULATION, 5000. 



VOL l„ NO J. 



April 1, 1891. 



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OUXÀSYXAAXs Joo^ccx^dC 



EDITED UNDER THE DIRECTION 



OF 



MR. ADOLPHE BOUCARD, 



NATURALIST, 



Officier d'Académie, 1878; Knight of the Royal Military Order of the Conception, 188 1 ; 

 Knight Officer of the Royal Order of Cambodje, 1889; Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Isabelle la Catholique, 1882; 



Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society, London, 1865; 



de la Mission scientifique française au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale, 1866; of the Royal Museum of Madrid, 1881; 



Commissioner for the Republic of Guatemala in the Paris International Exhibitions of 1878 and 1889 ; 



Member of the International Jury, Paris, 1889 ; Member of many scientific societies; 



etc. etc. etc. etc. 



CONTENTS OF No. 4. -APRIL 1, 1891. 



Notes on Rare Species of Humming Birds and 



Descriptions of Several Supposed New 



Species in Boucard's Museum. 

 Description of a Supposed New Species of Parrot 



in Boucard's Museum. 

 Notes on the Crowned Superb Warbler, Malurus 



Coronatus, Gould. 

 A Visit to the Gardens of the Zoological Society 



of London. 

 British Museum (Zoological Department). 



Royal Aquarium. 



The Panama Canal. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



Books and Journals Received. 



Obituary, Charles Anatole Maingonnat. 



An easy way of making ;£ioo a year. 



Report on the March Public Sales of Ostrich 



and Osprey Feathers, Bird Skins, etc. 

 Report on February and March Public Sales 



of Postage Stamps. 



[Entered at Stationers' Hall.] 



