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IX. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications :— 
Cory’s Catalogue of American Birds; Cory on the Genus 
Rhynchocyclus ; Hellmayr’s recent papers; Hingston’s Hima¬ 
layan observations : Howard on Bird Territories ; Laubmann 
on the Kingfisher; Lonnberg on the Birds of .Tuan Fernandez 
and Easter Islands; McClymont’s Ornithological Essays ; 
Mathews on Australian Birds; Mullens, Swann, and Jour- 
dain’s Bibliography; Ogilvie on British Birds; Ritchie on 
the Influence of Man on Animals; Robinson and Kloss on 
Sumatran Birds ; Stresemann on the Birds of Macedonia ; 
Taverner’s recent papers on Canadian Ornithology; Todd on 
new Colombian Birds; Townsend and Wetmore on Pacific 
Island Birds; Wetmore on lead-poisoning in Bucks; Wood 
on the eye of the Burrowing Owl; Aquila; The Auk; 
El Horner©; List of other Ornithological Publications received. 156 
X. Letters, Extracts, and Notes :— 
Letters from A. L. Butler on the Birds of the Sudan, 
from the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the Breeding-places of 
the Black-li'eaded Gull, and from Capt. Collingwood Ingram 
on Nestling Birds; Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ 
L T nion; Wild Birds Protection Acts ; Russian Ornithologists; 
Personalia.180 
Number 2, April . 
XI. Field Notes on the Birds of Macedonia. With special 
reference to the Struma Plain. By F. N. Chasen, Castle 
Museum, Norwich.185 
XII. Some preliminary remarks on the Velocity of Migra¬ 
tory Flight among Birds, with special reference to the 
Palaearctic Region. By Colonel R. Meinertzhagen, D.S.O., 
M.B.O.U., F.Z.S. ..228 
XIII. Field Notes on the Birds of Lower Egypt. By 
W . Raw, M.B.O.U. With contributions by Colonel R. 
Sparrow, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.B.O.U., and the Rev. F. C. 
R. Jourdain, M.A.. M.B.O.U, .. 238 
