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of the lioles in tree-trunks. All these have had a had effect 

 on some of those species formerly abundant. An inter- 

 esting chapter deals with this subject, and another discusses 

 the number of individual birds in certain limited areas — 

 bird censuses, in fact — but the bulk of the volume is 

 devoted to an annotated list of species with supplementary 

 records and observations. 



Bird Notes. 



[Bird Notes : The Journal of the Foreign Bird Club. Edited by- 

 Wesley T. Page. Ser. -3. Vols. ii. & iii. for 1919 & 1920.] 



It is, we regret to say, some time since we noticed 

 ' Bird Notes/ and we have two volumes for 1919 and 1920 

 now lying before us. Among principal contributors are 

 Mr. Baily W. Shore, Dr. E. Hopkinson, Mr. Amsler, the 

 Marquis of Tavistock, and the editor himself, who appears 

 to be responsible for the last half of the matter contained in 

 the two volumes. We much regret to see that Dr. Lovell 

 Keays, another enthusiastic aviculturist who formerly sent 

 many good articles to this magazine, died in May last year 

 from the effects of mental and physical strain during the 

 three years of the war. 



Among the longer and more important contributions to 

 these two volumes must be mentioned the carefully com- 

 piled list of all species of birds which have bred in captivity, 

 by Dr. Hopkinson, and tlie very practical articles by the 

 Marquis of Tavistock on Parrots and the best methods of 

 keeping them either in aviaries or in the open. There are 

 also several contributions from the United States. Australia, 

 and France where M. Delacour has re-established his aviaries 

 destroyed during the war. He sends a detailed account 

 of the successful breeding of the West African Touraco 

 [Turacus persa). Only one species of this family had been 

 previously successfully bred in captivity. 



We regret to see that there appears to be a strong feeling 

 among the members of the Foreign Bird Club against 



