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41. North on the Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds. 



[Nests and Eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania. 

 By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S. Vol. ii. Part 3. Sydney, 1909.] 



With much pleasure we record the issue of another Part 

 of Mr. North's meritorious work on the nests and eggs of 

 Australian Birds, which is continued in the same style as the 

 preceding Parts *, and concludes the second volume. It 

 contains an account of the remaining families of the Passeres, 

 and of the first portion of the Picarians. As in the former 

 Parts a description of every species is given, besides ample 

 details concerning the nesting and eggs, while numerous good 

 photographic illustrations are introduced in the text. The 

 eggs of many little-known birds are figured in the plates, 

 including those of all the three known species of Lyre-bird 

 (Menura). 



42. Oates on new Burmese Pheasants. 



[On some new species of Silver-Pheasants. By E. W. Oates. Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. v. p. 162 (1910).] 



Mr. Oates describes three " new species" of Silver- 

 Pheasants from various districts of Burma — Gennceus atla/ji, 

 G. haringtoni, and G. granti. Mr. Oates should consult 

 Prof. Ghigi's paper on the same subject (see above). 



43. Report of the South African Locust-Bureau. 



[Third Annual Report of the South African Central Locust Bureau. 

 Edited by Chas. P. Lownsbury, Govt. Entomologist to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 8vo. Cape Town, 1909. 68 pp.] 



As in other arid and semi-arid districts of the world, so in 

 South Africa the " plague of locusts " is a source of constant 

 injury and loss to the agriculturist. In order to coordinate 

 the work of combating this plague and to secure common 

 action in the agencies and methods employed, the various 

 Governments of South Africa (not only those of the British 

 Colonies but also those of German South-West Africa and 

 * See ' Ibis,' 1908, p. 189, and 1907, p. 359. 



