364 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



writes on the subject, and much from the excellent little 

 sketches which he introduces into his text. It has been 

 stated elsewhere that the Wood- Hoopoe {Ir riser) climbs trees 

 like a Creeper, but this has never been so clearly shown as 

 in Mr. Chapman's drawing (p. 243), which we have kindly- 

 been allowed to reproduce. 



Irrisor erythrorhynchus. 



The appendix of " rough veld-notes on bird-life in British 

 East Africa/' which concludes the volume, is, in our opinion, 

 by no means so " valueless to the scientific ornithologist " 

 as the author supposes. It presents us with a good 

 general idea of the varied forms of Birds characteristic of 

 this favoured portion of the Ethiopian Region, and contains 

 many interesting observations on their habits. We have 

 read Mr. Chapman's adventures " on Safari " with pleasure 



