CONTENTS OE NUMBER IX.—NINTH SERIES. 
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I. Field-Notes on the Birds of Southern Kamerun, West Africa. 
By G. L. Bates, C.M.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (Plates I. & II. and 
Text-figures 1-3.)..1 
II. Contributions to the Ornithology of-the Sudan.—No. III. On 
Birds collected by Captain E. P. Blencowe in the Bahr-el- 
Ghazal Province. By A. L; Butler, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., 
Superintendent of Game Preservation, Sudan Government . 71 
HI. On the Birds of Kohat and Kurram, Northern India. By 
Lieut. C. H. T. Whitkhead, Indian- Army. With an 
Introduction by Major II. A. F. Magrath, Indian Army. 
(Plate III. and Text-figures 4 & 5.).. . . 90 
IV. Note on the Comus'neglectus of Schlegel. By T. Salvadori, 
H.M.B.O.U. . . ... 134 
V. On the Decrease in Weight of Birds’ Eggs during Incubation. 
By Elizabeth Seymour Norton, F.Z.S. (Text-figure 6 .) . 137 
VI. On the Birds of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. By E. C. 
Chubb, Assistant Curator, Bhodesia Museum, Bulawayo . . 140 
VII. Notices of recent. Ornithological Publications:— 
1. Allen on Bcsolophus bicolor-atricristatus . . . . . . . 172 
2. Berlepscli on the Birds of Cayenne.I ^ 
3. Cheeseman on the Lesser Frigate-bird . . . . . . . | 
4. Drummond on the Little-Barrier Bird-Sanctuary. . . . ( ^74 
5. I lower’s List of Zoological Gardens ..( 
6 . Fulton on the Disappearance of New Zealand Birds . . .1 j-- 
7. Godman’s ‘ Monograph of the Petrels ’ . . . . . . .( 
8 . Hartert’s 1 Miscellanea Ornithologica ’ : Part V.1 
9. Hilgert’s Catalogue of the Erlanger Collection. > 170 
10. Marriner’s Notes on the Ivea (Nestor) ..j 
11. Menegaux’s Ornithological Papers.177 
12. Neumann’s Notes on African Birds.. 178 
13. North on new Birds from the South Pacific.1 
14. North on the Nesting of the Australian Black-and-White > 179 
Fan tail.. . .4 
15. Report on the Zoological Gardens, Giza, for 1907 . . . . j 
16. Rothschild on Casuarius bistriatus .> 180 
17. Rothschild and Hartert on the Birds of Vella Lavella . . ) 
18. Rothschild and Hartert on Birds from San Christoval . .| -.01 
19. Schalow on the Birds of the Tianshan ....... f 
20. Stuart Baker on Indian Ducks.182 
21. Stuart Baker on the Birds of the Khasia Hills ..... 183 
22. Stuart Baker on the Indian Cuckoos.. 184 
23. Winge on the Birds of the Danish Lighthouses in 1907 . 185 
24. Wollaston’s ‘ Ruwenzori ’ ..186 
VIII. Letters, Extracts, and Notes :— 
Letters from Heer F. E. Blaauw, Commander W. II. Ilaughton, 
and Mr. D. Carruthers. Birds of Bear Island and Spitzbergen; 
Increased Fertility of the Domestic Fowl ; Mr. Bovd Alexander’s 
new African Expedition ; Pioposed Zoological Exploration of 
Dutch New Guinea ..188 
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