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Japan, &c.) ; 4 in Australia (3 of which have members of the 

 Le Souef family as Directors) ; and 40 scattered over Europe, 

 no less than 18 being found in different towns in Germany. 

 As we have often heard said, the establishment of a Zoological 

 Garden is a very fair test of the progress of civilization in 

 every country. We thank Capt, Flower for the trouble he 

 has taken in preparing this useful list. We have already 

 noticed his report on the Zoological Gardens in Europe 

 which he himself visited in 1907 (see 'The Ibis,' 1908, 

 p. 619). 



6. Fulton on the Disappearance of Neiv Zealand Birds. 



[The Disappearance of New Zealand Birds. By Dr. Fulton. Trans. 

 New Zealand Inst. xl. p. 485.] 



"Owing to change in environment, alterations in food- 

 supply, and disturbance of the balance of Nature by 

 ridiculous importations of birds and animals/' Dr. Fulton 

 tells us, " our beautiful feathered friends are fast going to 

 the wall." He discusses the dififerent groups of Land-birds 

 of New Zealand, and gives ample proofs of this melancholy 

 fact. The Birds of Prey " are now rarely seen/^ the Tui 

 is " fast disappearing,'^ the Thrush is " very rare,"" the Native 

 Quail is " absolutely extinct "' — such are the sad stories put 

 before us. The same sort of process is, no doubt, going on 

 in all civilized lands, but in New Zealand it is progressing 

 more rapidly. 



7. Godman's ' Monograph of the Petrels.' 



[A Monograph of the Petrels (Order Tubinares). By F. DuCane 

 Godman, D.C.L., F.R.S., President of the British Ornithologists' Union. 

 Part III. September, 1908. Witherby & Co.] 



The third part of this important Monograph continues 

 the good work on the system described in our notices of 

 the first and second parts (see ' Ibis,' 1907, p. 515, and 1908, 

 pp. 367, 527). The present part is mainly devoted to the 

 widely spread genus (Estrelata, of which 23 species are 

 recognized, and all but two are figured, with " more to 

 come.'' They are far wanderers, as their name implies, and 



