CONTENTS. 
XI 
XYI. On the Ornithology of Northern Africa. By the 
Rev. H. B. Tristram, E.L.S. Part 1 . 153 
XVII. Remarks on the Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus tor- 
qucituSj Bp.). By Alfred Newton, M.A., E.L.S. . . . 162 
XVIII. Notes on the Birds of Western Spitzbergen, as 
observed in 1855. By Edward Evans and Wilson Sturge 166 
XIX. Eive Months’ Birds’-nesting in the Eastern Atlas. By 
Osbert Salvin, Corr. Memb. Zool. Soc. Parti. (Plate VI.) 174 
XX. On the Breeding of the Crane (Grus cinerea ) in Lap- 
land. By John Wolley, jnn.191 
XXI. Recent Ornithological Publications :— 
1. English publications :—Bree’s 4 European Birds ’; Illus¬ 
trated Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Annals of Na¬ 
tural History; Catalogue of Mammals and Birds of New 
Guinea, by J. E. and G. R. Gray; Edinburgh Philosophical 
Journal, April 1859 ; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Ben¬ 
gal .199 
2. French publications :—Jaubert and Barthelemy-Lapom- 
meraye’s ‘ Richesses Ornithologiques du Midi de la Erance ’; 
Pucheran on the Ornithology of the Sandwich Islands ; Revue 
et Magasin de Zoologie; de Saussure’s £ Observations sur les 
moeurs de divers oiseaux de Mexique’.201 
3. German publications: —Badeker’s ‘Eier derEuropaischen 
Vogel’; Proceedings of the Academy of Vienna; Cabanis’ 
Journal fur Ornithologie, 1858, pt. 5; Naumannia, 1858, pts. 2 
& 3 ; Wiegmann’s ‘ Archiv’ for 1858-; Zeitschift fur algemeine 
Erdkunde for 1857 . 202 
4. American publications :—Baird’s Catalogue of North 
American Birds; Page’s ‘ La Plata ’; Proceedings of the Aca¬ 
demy of Philadelphia; Journal of the Academy of Philadelphia 205 
XXII. Letters, Extracts from Correspondence,Notices, &c. 
Letter from Mr. Gould on the occurrence of the Goshawk; 
from Mr. Gurney on the colour of the irides of Milvus ccgyptius ; 
from Rev. H. Harpur Crewe on the early appearance of the 
Goatsucker; from Mr. Eraser on his travels in Ecuador; Mr. 
Wallace’s discovery of a new Paradise Bird, and his collections 
made at Havre Dorey ; Extracts from Mr. Blyth’s letters; 
New American Works on Birds ; Sale of Bennett’s Cassowary 
and of Mr. Wolley’s eggs.206 
