CONTENTS. 
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XY. Evidence of a Species, perhaps extinct, of a large 
Parrot (Psittacus mauritianus, Ow.), contemporary with the 
Dodo, in the Island of Manritins. By Professor Owen, 
E.E.S., &c.168 
XYI. On Five New Species of Birds from the Feejee 
Islands. By Gustav Hartlaub, M.D., For. Mem. Z.S., &c. . 171 
XVII. Notes on the Ornithology of Spain. By Lord Lil- 
ford, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c . 173 
XVIII. A further Contribution to the Ornithology of 
Guatemala. By Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.L.S., &c.188 
XIX. Notices of Decent Ornithological Publications:— 
1. English: —Groom-Napier’s ‘Food, Use, and Beauty of 
British Birds; ’ Swinhoe’s 4 Neau Show; ’ Lord on Nests and 
Eggs collected in North-west America; Taylor on Zosterops 
ccerulescens in New Zealand. 206 
2. German :—Von Pelzeln on Variation of Plumage in Birds, 
and on new Caprimulgidce from Brazil . ..209 
3. Dutch'. —De la Fontaine’s 4 Faune du Pays de Luxem¬ 
bourg ; ’ Schlegel on Charitornis albertince, and 4 Contributions 
a la Faune de Madagascar ’.210 
4. Danish Steenstrup on the habits of the Goldfinch . . 212 
5. Norwegian'. —Collett on the Birds of Gudbrandsdal and 
Dovre . . . 212 
6. American :—Elliot’s 4 Monograph of the TetraoninoeJ 
parts 4 and 5; Lawrence on the Birds of Central America . . 213 
XX. Letters, Announcements, &c.:— 
Letters from Messrs. Dawson Bowley and Archer Briggs, and 
Prof. Perceval Wright; Extracts from letters of Capt. Bulger, 
Mr. E. L. Layard, Capt. Beavan*, and Drs. Jerdon and D. Scott: 
Communications from Prof. Baird and Mons. F. Pollen . . . 215 
* By mistake printed Capt. Blair at p. 220. 
