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he founded tlic South African Ornithologists' Union, and has 

 been Secretary from its start in addition to editing the Journal 

 of the Union since Mr. John Bucknill's departure. 



From 1902-08 he was chief cleric in the stores department 

 of the dynamite factory at Modderfontein and left there in 

 Augus^t 1908. He was appointed temporary assistant in the 

 Zoological Department of the Transvaal Museum. In Juno 

 1909 he was transferred to the Zoo as superintendent under 

 the kite Dr. Gunning. 



To Mr. Haagner is due the credit of the Pretoria Zoo 

 being looked upon as one of the cleanest and l)est kept in the 

 world, and recently some effective alterations have been 

 made in the ""rounds. 



VIII. Sliort Sotices of OrnkJioIor/ical Publications. 



1. ''The Ihis^ : a Quarterly Jo^irnal of Ornitholocpj. Edited 

 by W. L. Sclater, Esq. M.A., F.Z.S., 10th Series, 

 Nos. 1 to 3, Jan., April, July, &l October, 1913. 



We take this opportunity of congratulating our ex- 

 President on the distinguished honour conferred U[ion him, 

 in his appointment as Editor of the 10th Series of 'The Ibis.' 



The January number contains, inter alia, a description of a 

 new Lourie or Touracou [Turacus rxispolii) byT. Salvador! — 

 from Lake Stephanie. There is also a third contribution to 

 the Ornithology of Cyprus by John A. Bucknill, M.A. 



The April number has an obituary notice, with portrait, 

 of the late Dr. E. A. Wilson, who met his death with C.iptain 

 Scott's party in the now famous^ but ill-starred dash for the 

 South Pole. He was Vertebrate Zoologist as well as Medical 

 Officer to the Expedition. 



An interesting commentary on the new ' Hand-list of 

 British Birds,' written by Dr. Hartert, Jonrdain, N. F. 

 Ticehurst, and H. F. Witherby, appears in the January 

 number, and some letters thereon in the April number on 

 the vexed and much discussed question of Priority. 



