CONTEN TS of VOL. IV.—THIRD SERIES. 
(1874.) 
Number XIII., January. 
Page 
I. On the Prionochili of British India. By P. L. Sclater, 
M.A., Ph.D., E.R.S. (Plate I.).. 1 
II. On a large Fossil Egg from the neighbourhood of Cher- 
son. By Dr. Alexander Brandt.. 4 
III. On the Distribution of Birds in the Southern Hill- 
region of Ceylon. By W. Vincent Legge, Lieut. It.A. ... 7 
IV. Notes On certain Birds of New Zealand. By Capt. E. W. 
Hutton .34 
V. Notes on the Ornithology of the Gold Coast. By Herbert 
Taylor Ussher, C.M.G., C.M.Z.S. (Plate II.).43 
VI. Notes on the Synonymy of some Indian and Persian 
sj Birds, with Descriptions of two new Species from Persia. By 
W. T. Blaneord, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S., &c.75 
VII. Bern arks on the Birds of Juan Fernandez and Mas- 
a-fuera. By Edwyn C. Peed, of the National Museum of 
Santiago.81 
VIII. Notes on some European and Asiatic Eagles. By W. 
Edwin Brooks, C.E., Dinapore.84 
IX. Description of an apparently new Species of Bird be¬ 
longing to the Family Trochilidce , of the Genus Encephala. By 
D. G. Elliot, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c.87 
X. Description of a new Timaliine Bird from West Africa. 
By Capt. G. E. Shelley. 89 
XI. Note on Dryotriorchis , a new Genus of Harrier Eagles 
from West Africa. By Capt. G. E. Shelley.90 
