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Africa. Their membersliip seems to be very large compared 

 with ours, and they can bring out a regular quarterly journal. 

 In the January number of ' The Emu ' appears an account 

 of a very successful Annual (the 13th) Session of the 

 R. A. 0. U., held at Adelaide. This included the business 

 meeting, luncheons, visits to public institutions, motor- 

 drives, &c. 36 new members were elected. 



4. ' The Aquila.' Vol. xx. 1913. 



This publication contains a very interesting introductory 

 article by the veteran Director of the Hungarian Ornithol. 

 Bureau (Dr. Otto Herman), as w^ell as the usual exhaustive 

 reports on migration, &c. 



5. The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural 



History Society. Vol. iii. and Vol. iv. No. 1. 



This interesting little publication continues to contain 

 papers of interest. In the July 1913 number we have a 

 paper on the nesting-habits of some East African Birds by 

 AVm. Congreve, M.B.O.U. 



6. ' The Ardea/ Tydschift der Nederlandsvhe Vereeniging. 



In the December 1913 number of this Dutch journal of 

 Ornithology appears a continuation of the results of the 

 marking of birds by the National Museum of Leiden. 

 Amongst the records, that of a Swallow (^H. rust tea) ringed 

 at Bentelo (Delden) and found dead at Tangiers in Morocco 

 (N. Africa) is the most interesting. There is also an in- 

 teresting little article on the Bittern {Botaurus steUaris), 

 illustrated by four clear photographic plates of the bird ou 

 its nest, young and eggs (liy A. Bnrdet). 



7. 'British Birds: Vol. vi. (1913), vol. vii. Jan. to 



March. 



From the March 1913 number we learn that Major G. E. 

 H. Barrett-Hamilton of the Royal Irish Rifles died in South 



