CONTENTS. 
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I. On a recently described Woodpecker from Siam. By E. C. 
Stuart Baker, M.B.O.U. (Plate I.).1 
II. Notes on the Birds of North-East Chihli, in North China. 
Part III. By J. D. D. La Touche, C.M Z.S., M.B.O.U. . 3 
III. On some Western Australian Birds collected between the 
North-West Cape and Albany (950 miles apart). By Thomas 
Carter, M.B.O.U., M.B.A.O.U. With Nomenclature and 
Bemarks by Gregory M. Mathews, M.B.O.U., M.B.A.O.U. 
(Text-figure 1.)...48 
IV. Bemarks on rare and otherwise interesting Birds contained 
in Collections made by Mr. G. L. Bates in Southern 
Cameroon. By David A. Bahherman, M.B.E., B.A., 
M.B.O.U.81 
V. On the Genus Macrosphenus Cassin, with special reference 
to the races of Macrosphenus flavicans. By David A. 
Banhermah, M.B.E, B.A., M.B.O.U. . . . . . . .121 
VI. A Note on the Breeding Birds of Crete. By Col. B. 
Meinertzhageh, D.S.O., M.B.O.U., E.Z.S.126 
VII. The Economic Status of the Kingfisher, Alcedo ispicla Linn. 
By Walter E. Collihge, D.Sc., E.L.S., M.B.O.U. (Text- 
figure 2.).139 
VIII. Obituary: Sir John Arthur Brooke, Bt.; George Wyman 
Bury; William Dutcher; Bobert Etheridge; John Gerrard; 
Charles William Sheppard; Herbert Huntington Smith . 153 
IX. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications :— 
Cory’s Catalogue of American Birds; Cory on the Genus 
JRhynchocyclus ; Hellmayr’s recent papers ; Hingston’s Hima¬ 
layan observations : Howard on Bird Territories; Laubmann 
on the Kingfisher; Lonnberg on the Birds of Juan Fernandez 
and Easter Islands; McClymont’s Ornithological Essays; 
Matliews on Australian Birds; Mullens, Swann, and Jour- 
dain’s Bibliography; Ogilvie on British Birds; Bitchie on 
the Influence of Mari on Animals; Bobinson 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 Ducks ; Wood 
on the eye of the Burrowing Owl; Aquila; The Auk; 
El Hornero; 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 Bev. E. C. B. Jourdain on the Breeding-places of 
the Black-headed Gull, and from Capt. Collingwood Ingram 
on Nestling Birds; Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ 
Union; Wild Birds Protection Acts ; Bussian Ornithologists; 
Personalia.180 
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