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XXVII. General Remarks on the Avifauna of Madagascar 
and the Mascarene Islands. By Dr. G. Hartlaub .... 334 
'XXVIII. Description of a new Species of Calliste and of 
a new Humming-bird of the Genus Heliangelus. By A. von 
Pelzeln, Hon. Memb. B.O.U.337 
XXIX. Additional Notes on the Ornithology of the Re¬ 
public of Transvaal. By Thomas Ayres. Communicated by 
John Henry Gijrney. (Plate VII.).339 
XXX. Notes on the Avifauna of New Caledonia. By Edgar 
L. Layard, C.M.G., F.Z.S., &c., H.B.M. Consul, and E. Leopold 
C. Layard, Vice-Consul at Noumea.355 
XXXI. Notes on some Birds collected during the Explora¬ 
tion of the Ely River. By M. L. D’Albertis, C.M.Z.S. . . . 363 
XXXII. Notices of recent Publications:— 
30. Baldwin’s ‘Large and Small Game of Bengal’ . . . 372 
31. ‘ Vagrancy Acts ’.373 
32. Orton’s ‘ Andes and the Amazon ’.373 
33. ‘ Log-letters from the Challenger’.374 
34. ‘ The Cruise of the Challenger ’.374 
35. ‘ Stray Feathers ’.374 
36. Sharpe’s edition of Layard’s ‘ Birds of South Africa ’ . 375 
37. Heuglin’s‘Journey in North-eastern Africa’ . . .375 
38. Elliot’s Monograph of the Hornbills.376 
39. Gould’s ‘ Birds of New Guinea ’.377 
40. Gould’s ‘ Birds of Asia ’.377 
41. Rowley’s ‘ Ornithological Miscellany.378 
42. Beccari’s Account of the Playing-places of Amblyornis 
inornata .379 
43. Salvadori’s Recent Ornithological Papers . . . .379 
44. Barboza du Bocage’s Thirteenth List of African Birds 380 
45. Homeyer upon German Mammals and Birds . . . 380 
46. Allen’s ‘ Progress of Ornithology in the United States ’ 381 
47. Pelzeln on Birds from Ecuador.383 
48. Pelzeln on Additions to the Imperial Museum at 
Vienna.383 
49. Pelzeln’s Report on the Progress of Ornithology in 
1875 384 
