INDEX OF CONTENTS. 
727 
Shelley, G. E., ‘The Birds of Africa,’ 
noticed, 560. 
Shetland Islands, ‘ A Vertebrate Fauna 
of the,’ noticed, 382. 
Siam, on new birds from Lower, 
noticed, 688. 
Siberia, note oii Seebohm’s works on, 
6 ". 
Skua (Pomatorhine), on the nesting of 
the, 526. 
Smolen Islands, exhibition of photos of 
eggs and nests taken on, 182. 
Sokotra, on Forbes and Grant’s expe¬ 
dition to, noticed, 202. 
Somaliland, on the birds collected 
during the Lovat Expedition in, 115, 
304, 372; exhibition of some birds 
from, 369 ; on Peel’s two expeditions 
to, noticed, 391. 
‘Spitsbergen, on birds from, noticed, 
213. 
Stark, A. C., obituarial notice of, 220 ; 
note on the death of, 361 ; ‘ Fauna 
of South Africa; Birds,’ noticed, 
394. 
Stereornithes, Mercerat on the, noticed, 
553. 
Stone, W., on Coccyzus abbotti, no¬ 
ticed, 396 ; on birds from Bogota, 
with a review of the S. American 
species of Speotyto and Troglodytes, 
noticed, 397; on birds from Alaska, 
noticed, 689 ; on the summer moult 
of Ducks, noticed, 690. 
Stonesfield Slate, on a new fossil bird 
from the, 571, 694. 
‘ Stray Feathers,’ Index to, noticed, 
380. 
Subspecies, on the study of, noticed, 
682. 
Sula Islands, on rare birds from the, 
noticed, 212. 
Sundal Valley, exhibition of photos of 
eggs and nests taken in the, 182. 
Suschkin, P. P., on the skull of Tin- 
nunculus, noticed, 560. 
Switzerland, Fatio’s birds of, noticed, 
681. 
Tasmania, on the birds of, noticed, 385. 
Taylor, E. O., letter on Mr. Whitaker’s 
Museum at Malfitano, 567. 
Tegetmeier, W. B, exhibition of 
Pheasants showing variation in 
coloration, 191. 
Terns, on nesting-places of, in the 
South Indian Ocean, 63. 
‘ Thrushes,’ Seebohm’s ‘ Monograph of 
the,’ noticed, 394, 559. 
Tombs, on birds figured in the Egyptian, 
698. 
Tonquin, on the birds of, noticed, 
557. 
Tristram, H. B., golden wedding of, 
402 ; letter on Layard’s type speci¬ 
mens, 693. 
Trochilidae of ‘ Das Tierreich,’ noticed, 
550. 
Trogonidas, Catalogue of the, in the 
Derby Museum, noticed, 202. 
‘ Turdidas,’ Seebohm’s ‘ Monograph of 
the,’ noticed, 394, 559. ' 
Ussher, R. J., exhibition of a specimen 
of the larger form of Chen nivalis 
from co. Mayo, 190. 
Venezuela, descriptions of five new 
birds from, noticed, 203. 
Verona, on the birds of, noticed, 545. 
Webster-Harris Expedition to the 
Galapagos Islands, notes on the, 
noticed, 205. 
Weeds, on birds as destroyers of, 
noticed, 552. 
Weld-Blundell, H., descriptions of the 
new species of birds obtained during 
the Lovat Expedition, 194, 304, 372, 
397. 
Wellby, M. S., notice of the death of, 
700. 
Whitaker, J. I. S., description of 
'Saxicola cummingi, 192; letter on 
his museum at Malfitano, 567. 
White, Gilbert, exhibition of two 
letters written by, 183. 
Whitehead, J., exhibition of birds 
obtained in Hainan by, 192; on the 
new birds obtained by, 370, 379. 
Wiglesworth, L. W., exhibition of and 
remarks on the ‘ ratiometer ’ invented 
by, 377. 
Wingate, A. W. S., exhibition of birds 
obtained by, during his expedition to 
Bhamo, 192 ; on the new birds ob¬ 
tained by, 371; on the birds collected 
in South China by, 573. 
Winge, H., on the birds of the Danish 
Light-Stations, noticed, 216. 
Witchell, C. A., ‘ Cries and Call-Notes 
of Wild-birds,’ noticed, 216. 
Witherby, H. F., exhibition of a speci¬ 
men of Limosa lapponica in down, 
376; ‘ Two Months on the Guadal- 
quiver,’ noticed, 397; on the birds 
