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1890.

Abrolhos Islands, birds from (see Ridg-
way, R.).

Accipiter granti, figured, plate xiv.
Egialitis asiatica at Great Yarmouth
(see Butler, E. A.)
Afghan Delimitation

Commission,

Zoology of (see Aitchison, J. E. T.).
Africa, on different forms of Rollers
from (see Dresser, H. E.); list of birds
from South-western (see Büttikofer,
J.).

Aitchison, J. E. T., Zoology of the

Afghan Delimitation Commission,
noticed, 108.

'Albatross,' birds of the voyage of the,
noticed, 257, 377.

Albino Birds, notes on (see Robinson, W.).
Alimentary Canal of the Martineta
Tinamou (see Beddard, F. E.).
Allen, J. A., on the species of the genus
Cyclorhis, noticed, 109; new species of
South-American Birds, noticed, 110;
on the genus Elainea, noticed, 247.
Amazilia æneo-brunnea, note on (see
Chapman, F. M.).

America (North), birds of (see Nehrling,
H.); Passer domesticus in
Barrows, W. B.); osteology of the
(see
Passeres of (see Shufeldt, R. W.).
America (South), new species of Birds
from (see Allen, J. A.).

Angola, birds of (see Sousa, J. A. de).
Aplin, O. V., 'The Birds of Oxfordshire,'
noticed, 110.

Arctic and Sub-Arctic Water-birds,
osteology of (see Shufeldt, R. W.).
Ardeinæ, osteology of (see Shufeldt, R.
W.).

Arévalo y Baca, notice of, 271.
Argentine Republic, birds of the (see
Holland, A. H.).

SER. VI.-VOL. II.

Aruwhimi River, on Jameson's collec-
tion of birds from (see Shelley, G. E.).
Asia, Prjevalski's Journeys in Central
(see Pleske, T.).

Asio capensis and Otus capensis major,
on the difference in size between (see
Gurney, J. H.).

'Australian Museum,' 'Records of the,'
vol. i. no. 1, noticed, 454.
Austro-Hungary, Syrrhaptes paradoxus
in (see Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen,
R. v.).

Backhouse, J., Jun., 'Handbook of Euro-
pean Birds,' noticed, 371.
Bambusicola erythrophrys, figured, plate

iv.
Barboza du Bocage, J. V., two new birds
from St. Thomas, West Indies, noticed,
248.

Barrows, W. B., the English Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)
in North

America, noticed, 372.

Bartlett, E., Monograph of the Weaver-
birds (Ploceida) and Finches (Fringil-
lida),' parts iii.-v., noticed, 248.
Baza leucopais, figured, plate ii.
Beddard, F. E., on the Alimentary
canal of the Martineta Tinamou
(Calodromas elegans), 61; on Photo-
dilus badius, with remarks on its
systematic position, 293.
Bellenden-Ker Range, birds of the,

263.
Berlepsch, H. v.,

Netropical Birds, noticed, 111; on
new species of
Garlepp's birds from Brazil and
North Peru, noticed, 111, 372; notes
on Neotropical Birds, noticed, 112.
'Berwickshire,''Birds of' (see Muir-
head, G.).

P

Blaauw, F. E.. letter on a hermaphrodite
Finch (Fringilla cælebs), 464; Syr-
rhaptes paradoxus in captivity, 465.
Bocage, see Barboza du Bocage.
Bonin Islands, on the birds of the (see
Serbohm, H.).

Booth, E. T., death of, 271.
Borneo, the occurrence of Fuligula
cristata and Lobipes hyperboreus in
see Everett, A. H.); ornithology of
Northern (see Sharpe, R. B.); list of
birds of the Bornean Group of Islands
(see Everett, A. H.).

Brazil, Garlepp's birds from (see Ber-
lepsch, H. v.).

"British Birds,' 'Manual of' (see
Saunders, H.).

British Museum, Catalogue of Birds in
the (see Hargitt, E., Sclater, P. L.,
and Sharpe, R. B.); progress of
the Catalogue of Birds, 388; report
for 1890, 445.

British Ornithologists' Union, Anniver-
sary Meeting 1890, 389.

Brunner, birds of the District of Lake
(see Smith, W. W.).

Bubo milesi and B. abyssinicus (see
Gurney, J. H.),
Burmah, birds from

the Karenee
Mountains, and birds collected by
Fea in (see Salvadori, T.).
Burmeister, C. V., expedition to Pata-
gonia, noticed, 447; on the Fauna of
Patagonia, noticed, 448.

Burmeister, H., letter concerning an
error in the figure of Chatocercus
burmeisteri in Argentine Ornitho-
logy,' 384.

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Butler, E. A., letter on the occurrence of
Ægialitis asiatica at Great Yarmouth,
463.

Butorides virescens in Cornwall, 386.
Buttikofer, J., on a new Gallinule,
noticed, 112; third list of birds from
South-western Africa, noticed, 112.

Calodromas (see Sclater, P. L.), the
alimentary canal of C. elegans (see
Beddard, F. E.).

Canary Islands, notes on the Island of
Palina (see Tristram, H. B.); Pelago-
droma marina in the, 389; further
notes on the birds of the (see Meade-
Waldo, E. G.).

Carinatæ, on the fifth cubital remex in
the wing of the (see Sclater, P. L.).
'Celebes,' A naturalist in North' (see
Hickson, S. J.).

Chamaa, systematic position of (see
Shufeldt, R. W.).

Chapman, F. M., a new species of
Humming-bird, noticed, 112; revi-
sion of the Genus Xiphorhynchus,
noticed, 113; note on Amazilia æneo-
brunnea, noticed, 249.

Chenopis sumnerensis, discovery of,
264.

China, a collection of birds from (see
Hartlaub, G.).

Christy, M., The Birds of Essex,"
noticed, 448.

Chrysotis cœligena, identity of, with
Psittacus dufresnianus (see Salvadori,
T.).

Clarke, W. E., the birds of Jan Mayen
Island, noticed, 449.

Classification of Birds' (see Seebohm,
H.).

Claw, on the use of the terminal,
in young Birds (see Shufeldt, R.
W.).

Corebida, the Southern range of the,
131.

Collett, R., new breeding birds in the
Trondhjem District, 467.

Coloration of Birds, variations in (see
Leverkühn, P.).

Columbæ, on a new Genus of the Order
(see Ramsay, R. G. Wardlaw).
Colymbus adamsi and C. glacialis, the
difference between (see Ridgway, R.).
Commander Islands, Natural History
of the (see Stejneger, L., and Lucas,
F. A.).
Coraciiformes, an attempt to diagnose
the subclass (see Seebohm, H.).
Cornwall. Butorides virescens in, 386.
Cossypha bartteloti, figured, plate v.
Costa Rica, notes on birds from (see
Ridgway, R.); catalogue of the Birds
of (see Zeledón, J. C.).
Craspedophora duivenbodei, figured,
plate xii.

Cuckoo, notes on a tame, 466.
Cyclorhis, on the species of the genus
(see Allen, J. A.).

Cypselus melba, development of the feet
of (see Zehntner, L.).

Dalgleish, J. J., on Nests and Eggs from
Paraguay, noticed, 113; letter on the
occurrence of Estrelata mollis in
Madeira, 386.

Dendrocopus major, occurrence in Ire-
land of (see Patterson, R. L.).
Denmark, occurrence of Pallas's Sand-
Grouse in (see Winge, H.).
Deserta Grande, notes on birds obtained
at (see Ogilvie-Grant, W. R.).
Dicæum monticola, figured, plate viii.

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Domestic Fowl, modern breeds of the
(see Tegetmeier, W. B.).
Dresser, H. E., notes on some Birds col-
lected by Dr. G. Radde in the Trans-
caspian Region, 342; letter con-
cerning different forms of African
Rollers, 384.

Eclectus, coloration of the young in the
genus (see Meyer, A. B.); E. roratus,
figured, plate i.

Eggs of Indian Birds (see Oates, E.
W.).

Elainea, the genus (see Allen, J. A.).
Essex,'' Birds of' (see Christy, M.).
Etheridge, R., Birds of Lord Howe
Island, noticed, 114.

Eudyptes pachyrhynchus wandering
inland (see Smith, W. W.).

European Birds,' Handbook of' (see
Backhouse, J., Jun.).

Everett, A. H., letter on the occurrence
of Fuligula cristata and Lobipes
hyperboreus in Borneo, 263; list of
the birds of the Bornean Group of
Islands, noticed, 450; letter record-
ing the occurrence of several birds in
Borneo, 465.

Falco babylonicus, breeding of, 467.
Fea, L., birds collected by (see Salva-
dori, T.).

Finches,' 'Monograph of the ' (see Bart-
lett, E.).

Flycatchers, three new species of (see
Sharpe, R. B.).

Foot of the young of Lynx torquilla (see
Günther, A); development of the
feet of Cypselus melba (see Zehntner,
L.).

France, rare birds of the North of (see

Kempen, C. v.); Pallas's Sand-
Grouse in the North of (see Kempen,
C. v.).

Francolins, new and rare (see Ogilvie-
Grant, W. R.).

Francolinus griseo-striatus, figured,
plate, x.; F. castaneicollis, figured,
plate xi.

Fringilla palmæ, figured, plate iii.
'Fringillida,'' Monograph of the' (see
Bartlett, E.).

Fürbringer, M., paper on Stringops and
lynx, noticed, 373.

Galapagos Islands, birds of the (see
Ridgway, R.).

Gallinule, a new (see Büttikofer, J.).
Garlepp, G., birds from Brazil and

North Peru (sce Berlepsch, H. v.).

Gätke Collection, 468.
Giglioli, H. H., ornithological investiga
tion of Italy, Part i. Avifauna Italica,
noticed, 114.

Godman, F. D., gift to the National
Bird-collection, 388.

Goodwin, A. P., notes on the Paradise-
birds of British New Guinea, 150.
Grant, W. R. Ogilvie (see Ogilvie-
Grant).

Guácharo, range in S. America of the
(see Sclater, P. L.).

Günther, A., on the foot of the young
of lynx torquilla, 411.

Gurney, J. H., letter on the Rev. E.
Fitch's birds from Kilima-njaro, and
on the difference in size between Asio
capensis and Otus capensis major,
126; letter on Bubo milesi and B.
abyssinicus, 262; death of, 392; cor-
rection in the obituary notice of,
470.

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Hargitt, E., Catalogue of the Birds in
the British Museum,' Vol. xviii.,
Picariæ, noticed, 450.

Hartlaub, G., letter on the identifica-
tion of Estrelda nonnula with Ha-
bropyga tenerrima, 263; on a collec-
tion of birds from China, noticed,
453.
Hawaiian Islands, Knudsen's collec-
tion of birds from Kauai (see Stej-
neger, L.).
Hemignathus hanapepe and H. stej-
negeri, figured, plate vi.
Hermaphrodite Finch, letter on a
(see Blaauw, F. E.).

Hickson, S. J., A Naturalist in North
Celebes,' noticed, 249.

Hoatzin, habits of the (see Quelch, J.
J.).

Holland, A. H., on some birds of the
Argentine Republic; with notes by
P. L. Sclater, 424.

Honduras, birds of the Islands of
the Bay of (see Salvin, O.).
Hoopoe, the legendary history of (see
Leverkühn, P.).

Hume, A. O., Nests and Eggs of Indian
Birds,' vol. i., noticed, 374.
Humming-bird, new species of (see
Chapman, F. M.).

Hunstein, C., death of, 267.

'Illinois,' Ornithology of' (see Ridgway,
R., and Forbes, S. A.).
Index Generum Avium' (see Water-
house, F. H.).

'India,' Fauna of British' (see Oates, E.

W.); Nests and Eggs of Indian
Birds' (see Oates, E. W.).
International Ornithological Congress
of 1891, 467.

Ireland, List of Irish Birds' (see More,
A. G.); notes on Irish Ornithology
(see Seebohm, H.).

Italy, Ornithological Investigation of
(see Giglioli, H. H.).
lynx, paper on (see Fürbringer, M.); the
foot of the young of lynx torquilla
(see Günther, A.).

Jameson, J. S., birds of the Aruwhimi

River (see Shelley, G. E.).

Jan Mayen, birds of (see Clarke, W. E.).
Japanese Birds, review of (see Stejneger,
L.).

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from (see Stejneger, L.).
Kempen, C. v., rare birds of the North of
France, noticed, 122; Pallas's Sand-
Grouse in the North of France,
noticed, 250.

Kerr, J. Graham, extracts from the let-
ters of, 350.

Kilima-njaro, letter on the Rev. E.
Fitch's birds from (see Gurney, J. H.).
Knudsen, V., collection of birds from
Kauai (see Stejneger, L.).

Leverkühn, P., the legendary history of
the Hoopoe, noticed, 115; variations
in coloration of Birds, noticed, 116,
374; on the Literature of Syrrhaptes,
noticed, 116.

'Lord Howe Island' (see Etheridge, R.).
Lucas, F. A., natural history of the Com-

mander Islands, X. Pallas's Cormorant
(see Stejneger, L., and Lucas, F. A.).
Lucknow, Catalogue of the Birds in the
Provincial Museum (see Reid, G.).
Lumholtz, C.. Among Cannibals in
Queensland,' noticed, 250.

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Macrochires, studies of the (see Shufeldt,
R. W.).

Macropygia, on the genus (see Ramsay,
R. G. Wardlaw).
Madeira, Estrelata mollis in (see Dalg-
leish, J. J.); notes on birds obtained
at (see Ogilvie-Grant, W. R.).
Magellan, birds from the Straits of (see
Ridgway, R.).

Matabele-land and the Victoria Falls (see
Oates, C. G.).

Meade-Waldo, E. G., further notes on
Birds of the Canary Islands, 429.

Menzbier, M. A., Severtzow's Ornitho-
logy of Turkestan, Livr. 2, noticed,
116.

Merriam, C. H., report of the United

States Department of Agriculture for
1888, noticed, 375.

Meyer, A. B., on the coloration of the
young in the Psittacine genus Eclectus,
26; scarce varieties of Tetrao, noticed,
117; on rare Paradise-birds, noticed,
251; Abbildungen von Vogel-Skelet-
ten,' Parts x.-xiii., noticed, 376; notes
on birds from the Papuan Region,
with descriptions of some new species,
412.

and Helm, F., 4th report on the
Ornithological Stations of Saxony,
noticed, 251.

Midway Island, a new Finch from (see
Wilson, S. B.).

Modigliani, E., a voyage to Nias, noticed,
376.
Moluccas, additions to the Ornithology
of (see Salvadori, T.).

More, A. G., List of Irish birds,' 2nd
ed., noticed, 376.

Muirhead G., 'The Birds of Berwick-
shire,' vol. i., noticed, 117.

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New Zealand, supposed occurrence of
Strix parvissima in (see Smith, W.
W.).

Nias, a voyage to (see Modigliani, E.).
Nicholson, F., Sundevall's Tentamen'
(Translation), noticed, 251.

Ninni, A. P., on the long-tailed Titmouse
of Venetia, noticed, 252.

Noll, F. C., on extinct Birds, noticed,
252.

North-Western Provinces, Catalogue of
the Birds in the Provincial Museum
(see Reid, G.).
Nutcracker, review of the (see Stejneger,
L.).

Oates, C. G., Matabele-land and the

Victoria Falls,' 2nd ed., noticed, 255.
Oates, E. W., Fauna of British India,'

Birds, vol. i., noticed, 252; Hume's

Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds,'
vol. i., noticed, 374.

Estrelata mollis in Madeira (see Dalg-
leish, J. J.).

Ogilvie-Grant, W. R., note on Turnix

beccarii, 344; on some new and rare
Francolins, 345; notes on some
Birds obtained at Madeira, Deserta
Grande, and Porto Santo, 438.
Opisthocomus cristatus, habits of (see
Quelch, J. J.).

Ornithological Works in Progress, 132,
389.

⚫ Ornithologisches Jahrbuch,' noticed,
382.

Osteology of the Tubinares and Steg-

anopodes, of the Ardeinæ, of the
Arctic and Sub-Arctic Water-Birds,
and of North-American Passeres (see
Shufeldt, R. W.).

Otus capensis major and Asio capensis,

on the difference in size between (see
Gurney, J. H.).

Oudh, Catalogue of the Birds in the
Provincial Museum (see Reid, G.).
Oustalet, E., a new Tinamou (Tinamotis
ingoufi) from Patagonia, noticed, 453.
'Oxfordshire,'' Birds of' (see Aplin, O.
V.).

Palawan, notes on the Birds of (see
Whitehead, J.).

Pallas's Cormorant (see Stejneger, L.,
and Lucas, F. A.).

Pallas's Sand-Grouse (see Syrrhaptes
paradoxus).

Palma, notes on the Island of (see Tris-
tram, H. B.).

Papua, additions to the Ornithology of
(see Salvadori, T.); notes on birds
from (see Meyer, A. B.).
Paradise-birds (see Meyer, A. B.); notes

on the Paradise-birds of British New
Guinea (see Goodwin, A. P.).
Paraguay, nests and eggs from (see
Dalgleish, J. J.).

Parker, W. K., death of, 468.
Parus ombriosus, figured, plate xiii.
Passer domesticus in North America (see
Barrows, W. B.).

Patagonia, expedition to, and Fauna of
(see Burmeister, C. V.); a new Tina-
mou from (see Oustalet, E.).
Patterson, R. L., letter on the recent
occurrence of Dendrocopus major in
Ireland, 130.

Pelagodroma marina in the Canaries,
389.

Penrisen, Mount, a small collection of
Birds from (see Sharpe, R. B.).
Peru, Garlepp's birds from North (see
Berlepsch, H. v.).

Pholidornis jamesoni, figured, plate v.
Photodilus badius (see Beddard, F. E.).
Phylloscopus superciliosus in the Scilly
Islands, 387.

Picaria, Catalogue of the (see Hargitt,
E.).
Pico-Passerine group of Birds, an
attempt to diagnose the (see Seebohm,
H.).
Pilcomayo Expedition, extracts from
the letters of J. Graham Kerr on the,
350.
Pleske, T., Ornithographia Rossica,'
Band ii. Lief. 2, noticed, 255;
Prjevalski's Journeys in Central Asia,
Birds, Lief. 1, noticed, 256.
'Ploceidæ,' Monograph of the' (see
Bartlett, E.).

Porto Santo, notes on birds obtained at
(see Ogilvie-Grant, W. R.).
Prjevalski, N. M., Birds of Central
Asia (see Pleske, T.).

Psittacus dufresnianus, identity of, with
Chrysotis cœligena (see Salvadori, T.).
Pterylography of Birds' Wings

(see Pycraft, W. P.).
Pycraft, W. P., Pterylography of Birds'
Wings, noticed, 453.

Queensland, Among Cannibals' (see
Lumholtz, C.).

Quelch, J. J., on the Habits of the
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus cristatus), 327.

Radde, G., birds collected in the
Transcaspian Region by (see Dresser,
H. E.)

Raffles Museum at Singapore, 131.
Ramsay, R. G. Wardlaw, on the

Columbine Genus Macropygia and its
allies, 214; on a new Genus of the
Order Columbæ, 246.

Reid, G., Catalogue of the Birds in the
Provincial Museum, N. W. P., and
Oudh, Lucknow,' noticed, 455.
Report of the United States Department
of Agriculture for 1888, noticed,
375.

Ridgway, R., letter on the difference
between Colymbus adamsi and C.
glacialis, 129; notes on Costa Rican
Birds, noticed, 117; review of the
Genus Xiphocolaptes, noticed, 256;
review of the Genus Sclerurus,
noticed, 257; Birds of the Galapagos

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