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for a (Jay or two hoforo it is piiuHMj, otlusrwisc tlio acetylene 

 gas given off by the carbide would corrode; tlie })iii. 



It should be examined occasionally', i'oi- it' lelt too long it 

 becomes so brittle that it is almost impossible to pin it. 

 When sufficiently dry it should be taken out and [)inned. It 

 will be found to retain its colour fairly well. 



This method would probably also answer well lor dragon- 

 flies. 



A German Stork. — The " Harrismith Chronicle" states 

 that a stork has been picked uf) dead, killed by a hailstoi'm, 

 on the farm of Messrs. Kahn and Jalfschitz, J3edford, in this 

 district, on the leg of which is a ring marked " Vogelwarte, 

 Rossitten, Germania, No. 10,222." It will be returned after 

 the War. 



Reviews and Notices of Natural History Fablications, 

 Ornithology. 



" The Ibis.^* A quarterlij Journal of Oraitlioloyij. January, 

 April, July, and October, 191G. 



In the Janujiry number we find, inter alia, a " Revision of 

 the Genus Haplopelia," by David Bannerman, B.A., etc. 

 He divides this African genus into two sections : A, in- 

 cluding the Southern form H. larvata typicus ; and 

 B, including the various subspecies of H. simplex and 

 several more. 



The April number contains a paper on Birds collected in 

 Uganda and British East Africa, with notes on their nesting 

 and other habits (Part I) by Dr. V. G. L. van Someren, 

 M.B.O.U. (plates 4 to 6). Plate 4 is a sketch-map of 

 Uganda; })late 5 a photo half-tone of Barbatula jacksoni 

 at its nesting hole ; plate 6 a photo plate of Halcyon 

 leucocephalus. l\\o thousand five hundred specimens 

 were collected by Dr. van Someren and his brother, referable 

 to 552 species and subspecies. Many South African species 

 are, of course, included. The eggs of Larus cirrho- 

 cephalus were taken on the island of Lake Victoria, in 

 August. The Crested Eagle, the Bateleur Eagle and the 



