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CONTENTS. 
XII. Letters, Announcements, &c.:— 
Letters from Lord Walden, Mr. W. T. Blanford, Dr. Buller, 
Mr. J. H. Gurney, Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, and Capt. J. H. 
Lloyd; Note on the correct generic name of Podieeps minor; 
News of Mr. Salvin; Mr. Jelski’s collections in Western Peru; 
The Yellow-legged Herring-Gull.. . 91 
Number XIY., April. 
XIII. Additional List of and Notes on Birds obtained in 
the Republic of Trans-Yaal. By Thomas Ayres. (Commu¬ 
nicated by John Henry Gurney). (Plate III.).101 
XIY. Notes on the Avifauna of the Desert of Sinai and of the 
Holy Land. Part I. By Alexander W. M. Clark Kennedy, 
F.R.G.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c., Coldstream Guards ..... 107 
XY. Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. By Walter 
L. Buller, Sc.D., F.L.S., &c.112 
XYI. Remarks on Mr. Legge’s Paper on Ceylonese Birds. 
By E. W. H. Holdsworth, F.L.S. &c. . .. 122 
XYII. On a further Collection of Birds made by Lieut. Robert 
Wardlaw Ramsay, F.Z.S., in the Andaman Islands. By Arthur, 
Yiscount Walden, P.Z.S., F.R.S. (Plates 1Y.-YI.) .... 127 
XYIII. On some Birds from Hakodadi in Northern Japan. 
By R. Swinhoe. (Plate YII.). 150 
XIX. Description of a new Species of Pytelia . By Dr. G. 
Hartlaub .. 166 
XX. Notice of Pere David’s Travels in China. By P. L. 
Sclater, Ph.D., M.A., F.R.S.167 
XXI. New and forthcoming Bird-Books. By the Acting 
Editor . 172 
XX II. Letters, Announcements, &c.:— 
Letters from Mr. J. H. Gurney, Mr. R. Swinhoe (two), and 
Mr. W. E. Brooks; Note on Suya superciliaris, Hume; Dr. 
Kirk’s Grey Parrot; Proposed new work of Mr. Clark Ken¬ 
nedy ; Sale of the Collections of Humming-birds of the late M. 
