114 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



observed along the river at Oudtshoorn in South Africa, 

 and on the breeding of the Emperor Goose at Gooilust. 



The editor, Mr. Astley, contributes several articles ; the 

 one of most general interest is concerned with his Motmot 

 [Momotus momota) and the method by which the long tail- 

 feathers become racketed, a subject he has also discussed in 

 our own pages. His article is illustrated with photographs 

 and a beautiful coloured plate. 



Other coloured plates illustrate the Pink-crested Touraco 

 {Turacus erythrophihalmus) , lately bred by M. Delacourt in 

 his aviaries at Villers-Bretonneux in France, and the Towhee 

 [Pipilo ery throphthalmus) , a familiar North-American bird. 

 This last plate and article are reproduced from ' Bird-lore.' 



Several members have sent accounts of the birds noticed 

 by them at the front : in the case of Flanders, Capt. Gosse 

 and Lt.-Col. Tweedie, and in the case of Macedonia, Capt. B. 

 E. Potter. 



There are many other articles of a strictly avicultural 

 interest which we are unable to comment on for want of 

 space; Dr. Hopkinson concludes his useful dictionary or 

 glossary of the English names of Parrots, and commences 

 another dealing with the many birds known under the name 

 of Robin. 



Journal of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Siam. 



[The Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam. Vol. ii. 

 no. 1, 1916. Edited by Malcolm Smith and W. J. F. Williamson. 

 Bangkok. 8vo.] 



An energetic band of enthusiastic naturalists resident at 

 Bangkok have recently founded a Natural History Society 

 to investigate and study the zoology and botany of Siam, 

 and have also started a journal in which to publish their 

 results. The first part of the second volume, which has 

 recently reached us, contains an interesting paper by 

 Mr. Williamson, one of the editors, on " Some Birds not 

 previously recorded from Siam.^' These are thirty in 

 number and include several interesting forms, such as the 



