CONTENTS OE NUMBEE VII.—EOUETH SEEIES. 
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XVIII. A Catalogue of the Birds of Japan. By T. Blakistoi^ and 
H. Peyer.209 
XIX. Xotes on the Avifauna of New Caledonia. By Edoae L. 
Latard, C.M.Gr., P.Z.S. &c., H.B.M. Consul, and E. Leopold 
C. Latard, Vice-Consul at Xoumea. With Eemarks by 
the Eev. Canon Tristram, E.E.S., C.M.Z.S.250 
XX. Xotes on some Birds collected or observed by Mr. E. Leopold 
C. Layard in the Xew Hebrides. By Messrs. E. L. Latard 
and E. L. C. Layard. With Eemarks by the Eev. Canon 
Tristram, E.E.S. &c .267 
XXI. Additional Xotes on the Ornithology of Transvaal. By 
Thomas Atres. Communicated by Johh Hehrt Gurney. 281 
XXII. A Synopsis of the Genus Setophaga. By Osbert Salvin, 
M.A., E.E.S., &c. (Plates VII. & VIII.).302 
XXIII. Contributions to the Ornithology of Siberia. By Henry 
Seebohm. (Plate IX.).. . 322 
XXIV. Notes on a ‘ Catalogue of the Accipitres in the British Mu¬ 
seum,’ by E. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). By J. H. Gurnet . 352 
XXV. Preliminary Eemarks on the Neotropical Pipits. By P. L. 
ScLATER. (Plate X.).356 
XXVI. A few additional Notes on Birds of Egypt. By E. Cavendish 
Taylor, M.A., E.Z.S. ..368 
XXVII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications ;— 
35. Streets on the Natural History of the Hawaiian and Fanning 
Islands and Lower California .375 
36. Prjevalsky’s ^ Expedition to Lob Nor’.375 
37. Finsch on New Finches.376 
38. Oiistalet on New Birds from Saigon and New Guinea . . . 376 
39. Oustalet on New Birds in the Paris Museum.376 
40. Briiggemann on the Ornithology of Central Borneo . . . .377 
41. Fischer on doubtful Celebean Birds.377 
42. Sharpe’s ‘ Contributions to the Ornithology of New Guinea ’. . 377 
43. Lawrence on a New Parrot.378 
44. Camerano on the Anatomy of Nasiterna pusio .378 
45. Pelzeln’s ^ Eeport on the Progress of Ornithology in 1876 ’ . 378 
XXVIII. Letters, Announcements, &c.:— 
Letter from Mr. E. P. Eamsay, and extract of a letter from Eev. 
G. BroAvn; Letters from Mr. J. H. Gurney, Mr. H. Seebohm, 
Mr. John J. Dalgleish, and the Marquis of Tweeddale ; extract 
of a letter from Captain Blakiston; Eediscovery of Polyplectron 
emphanes ; Proposed B.O.U. List of British Birds ; Dresser’s 
‘ Birds of EuropeThe Dyke-Eoad Museum, Brighton; Notice 
of the death of Dr. F. Briiggemann.379 
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