270 NOTICES AND REVIEWS 



The Emu: Organ of the Australasian O.U. 



The 2Uimber for October, 1917 contains two articles 

 of some interest to S.A, Ornithologists: "Australian 

 Ibises; * bv W. H. D. le Souef, amongst which are in- 

 cluded the Glossy Ibis (Plegadls falcineUus) which the 

 author says is a rare bird in Australia. 



'' White-winged Black Terns in Australia," by W. B. 

 Alexander. The author describes what he calls a " re- 

 markable visitation " of this species ( Hyclrochelido^i 

 leucoptera). 



The number for April, 1918, contains a paper on 

 '' Bird Protection in Queensland," by D, H Chisholm, 

 which might well be read by our members. Both this 

 and th'j former number are profusely illustrated by beau- 

 tiful photographs and a coloured plate. 



British Birds. — January- April, 1918. "Notes on the 

 Moorhen/'' by Miss Francis Pitt. " Moults and sequence 

 of plumages of British Waders," by Annie C. Jackson. 

 There are a number of short notes of general interest. 



El Hornero : Ornithological Society of La Plata 

 (Buenos Aires) May, 1918, contains an interesting 

 article on the lari formes of the Argentine Republic by 

 Robert Dabieuc. This includes a migrant to South 

 African Larus cirrhocephalus, with a drawing of the 

 wing patterns. 



The Ihis: A quarterly journal of ornithology. 



In the number for January, 1917, Mr. F. E. Blaauw 

 gives an account of the breeding of the S.A. Blackduck 

 (Anas sjyarsa) in captivity. The paper is accompanied 

 by a plate of six goslings in the dowTiy stage. Mr. W. R. 

 Ogilvie Grant Avrites on some recent collections of birds, 

 made by Mr. G. W. Bates in the Cameroons. This is illus- 

 trated by a coloured plate of the head of three species 

 of Hetcrhyphantes. A few species to be found in South 

 Africa are discussed. 



