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species of Cormorants. Eggs of GALLINAGO PUSILLA, Gar- 

 RODIA NEREIS, CABALUS MODESTUS, THINORNIS NOVOE- 

 ZELA'NDIAE, and Young of GALLINAGO PUSILLA and 

 THINORNIS NOVOE-ZELANDIAE are figured. Bornean Notes, 

 by R. Bowdler Sharpe. They are divided as follows : — 

 I. — First List of Birds from Mount Kalulong, Sarawak. 

 II. — A List of the Birds collected by Mr. A. H. Everett on 

 Mount Penriseu and Mount Poeh, in Sarawak. III. — Des- 

 cription of a new Spilornis from Borneo. SPILORNIS RAJA 

 is the name proposed for it. IV. — A Note on the BAZA of 

 Borneo. V. — Notes on Mr. A. H. Everett's Collection of 

 Birds from Northern Borneo and Sarawak. VI. — Additions 

 to the Avifauna of Mount Kina Balu. The name of Arach- 

 NOPHARIS EVERETT! is proposed for a new species of Spider- 

 hunter. VII. — Description of the Nest and Eggs of Staphidia 

 EVERETTI. On the Mechanism of the upper mandible in the 

 Scolopacidae, by R. W, Shufeldt. On the validity of 

 CHRYSOTIS CANIFRONS, by George Lawrence. 



1894. THE IBIS, Vol. XL, No. 21, January 1894 con- 

 tains: — Second List of Birds collected by Mr. Alexander 

 Why te in Nyassaland, by Captain G. E. Shelley, Pro- 

 DOSTICUS ZAMBESIAE, XENOCICKLA MILANYENSIS, PHYLLOS- 

 TREPHUS CERVIN1VENTRIS, ANDROPADUS ZOMBENSIS, SYLVI- 

 ELLA WHYTli, LANIARIUS BERTRANDI, HyPHANTORNIS 

 NYASSAE, PYRENESTES MINOR, and FRANCOLINUS JOHNSTONI, 

 are described as new species. XENOCICKLA MILANJENSIS, 

 and FUSCICEPS, Phyllostrophus cerviniventris, and 

 LANIARIUS BERTRANDI, are figured. On some Birds from 

 Bugotu, Solomon Islands, and Santa Cruz, by H. B. 

 Tristram, ZOSTEROPS METCALFii, and MACROCORAX VEGETUS, 

 from Bugotu, and ZOSTEROPS SANCTAE-CRUCIS, from Santa 

 Cruz are described as new species. ZOSTEROPS METCALFii, 

 and RENDOVAE are figured. On the Taxonomy of the 

 Swifts and Humming- Birds, by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. This 

 is a rejoinder to the paper entitled, Swifts and Humming- 

 Birds, by F. A. Lucas, which appeared in Part 19 of the 

 Ibis, Mr. Shufeldt maintains his opinion about the great 

 differences existing between these birds. On the Birds of 

 the Calcutta District, by Philip W. Munn, 152 species are 

 mentioned, and English names are given for all of them. 

 Notes on some Tunisian Birds, by T. T. S. Whitaker, 62 

 species are mentioned. On the interbreeding of RHIPIDURA 

 FULIGINOSA with R. FLABELLIFERA, by T. C. McLean. On 

 the Chrysotis canifrons of Lawrence, by Ernst Hartert. A 



