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IX. Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications:— 
1. English: —Tristram’s ‘Land of Israel; ’ Gould’s ‘Hand¬ 
book to the Birds of Australia; ’ Travers on the Birds of the 
Chatham Islands.Ill 
2. German :—Yon Pelzeln on the Ornithology of the ‘Novara’ 
Voyage; Seidensacher on the Birds of Cilli.115 
3. Dutch :—Harting on the Episternal Apparatus of Birds; 
Schlegel on the Kingfishers of the Dutch Indies; Schlegel’s 
‘ Dierentuin ’.116 
4. Russian :—Radde’s ‘ Birds of South-eastern Siberia ’ . . 118 
5. American :—Lawrence on Birds of Panama; Bryant’s 
Papers in the Boston ‘ Proceedings ’.119 
X. Letters, Announcements, &c.:— 
Letters from Messrs. Swinhoe, Howard Saunders, E. P. 
Ramsay, Whitely, and J. H. Gurney. Interesting Discovery 
of Bones of Didus ineptus in Mauritius.121 
Number VI., April. 
XI. A Voice on Ornithology from Formosa. By Robert 
Swinhoe, Her Majesty’s Consul, E.Z.S., &c. (Plate V.) . . 129 
XII. On a New Genus of African Birds. By Gustav 
Hartlaub, M.D., For. Mem. Z.S., &c. (Plate VI.) .... 139 
XIII. Account of the late Discovery of Dodos’ Remains in 
the Island of Mauritius. By George Clark ..141 
XIV. On some Extinct Gigantic Birds of the Mascarene 
Islands. By H. Schlegel, Director of the National Museum 
of the Netherlands, F.M.Z.S., Ac.. 146 
