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obtained by similar methods in other countries have been 

 extraordinarily interesting and most beneficial both to aoi'i- 

 culture and to students of ornithology in general. 



(22) We greatly regret to have to announce the departure 

 from South Africa of our much-valued President, Mr. John 

 A. Bucknill, M.A., who, with the introduction of Kosponsible 

 Government into the Transvaal, has resigned his office and 

 taken up an appointment in Cyprus. Mr. Bucknill has been 

 the chief Editor of this Journal since its inception, and liis 

 loss will be greatly felt. South African ornithologists will 

 wish him all prosperity in his new sphere of work. 



X. — Short Notices of Ornithological Puhlications. 



1. 7 he Ibis: Journal of the B.O.U., July and October, 

 1906. 



The July (190G) number of 'The Ibis' contains the fol- 

 fowing papers : — 



1. " On a new Owl from Java." By Dr. 0. Finsch. 



The species is called Si/rninui bartelsi and is named after 

 its discoverer, Mr. Max Bartels, a prominent student of 

 Javan ornithology. Owls are rare in Java, only ten species 

 being known. 



2. "On the Birds collected in Transcaucasia by Mr. A. M. 



Kobyhn.^' By S. A. Buturlin. 

 This paper gives a list, with some interesting notes of some 

 136 species of birds obtained by Mr. Kobylin during a three 

 years' residence in this district. 



3. " Field-Notes on the Birds of Chinkiang, Lower Yangtse 



Basin.— Part V By J. D. D. La Touche, C.M.Z.S., 



M.B.O.U. 



These are instructive notes compiled during a five years' 



residence in this city. The writer pays a good deal of 



attention to the eggs of many species and describes those of 



some rare birds with close precision. 



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