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species. (2) A new species of the Coleoptera genus 

 Crypto*. rhTiiclius, Illiger, p. 83. 



F. F Laidlaw : Additions to Dra^'onflv fauna of 

 Borneo 



Lt. Col. J. M. Fawcett: On Mr, Feather's collection 

 of Heterocera from British East Africa. 



J. J. Joicey: Five papers on Lepidoptera. 



H, T,». Babcock: Antlike spiders from Malaya. 



Avlcultural Magazines 1918. 



The following are papers of general and South African 

 interest. March, 1918. A short paper on the Jackass 

 Penguin (iSpheniscus dcmersus) with photographic plate 

 and an editorial note. 



" Birds of Gambia," by Dr. E. Hopkinson, D.S.O. A 

 short account of the birds of this West African Colony, 

 including a number of species found in South Africa. 



" Sun birds in captivity," a short review by Dr. Hop- 

 kinson of the history of keeping sunbirds in cages, from 

 the earliest failures, to the successful methods of to-day. 



'^ Development of Pattern in Birds,'' by Dr. A. G. 

 Butler. An interesting paper illustrated by a photo- 

 graph of our Crowned Hawk Eagle i^pizaetus coronatus) 

 and continued in the April number. 



"Ostriches," by Dr. J. K. Butler. (April and May). 



"Tho Principal Zoological Gardens of the Worid." Tn 

 this lis^ it is noticed that the Director of the Pretoria 

 Zoo is given as Dr. J. W. B. Gunning, who died in 1912, 

 and was succeeded by the Supt. Mr. A. K. Haagner, in 

 1913 — o years ago. 



'' Ancestral characters in nestlings." by Dr. A. G. 

 Butler (May and June). 



"Owls nests and their contents," by E. J. H. Gurivey 

 (June). 



"Colour change without a moult," by Dr. A. G. 

 Butler (September). This is the first instalment on an 

 interesting subject, upon which Zoologists still disagree. 



