Shoj't JS'ofices of Oynitholoijical ruhllcat'ions. ir)9 



this article the Editor remarks : " we have published in full 

 this excellent article from the pen of one of the greatest 

 of living ornithologists as it throws a light on the peculiar 

 and remarkable conditions existing between English and 

 continental naturalists, and serves to show how English 

 ornithologists stand with regard to the endeavours of foreign 

 ornithologists. This is difficult for us to comprehend, who 

 consider a knowledge of the principal works of other countries 

 essential for the proper furtherance of natural science." 



In a sketch entitled " Report on the Results of the 4th 

 International Ornithological Congress," Titus Csorgey 

 laments the fact that as far as economic (/. e. Agricultural) 

 ornithology is concerned the Congress was a failure, owing to 

 the fact that none of the States carried out the resolutions 

 passed at the 3rd Congress in 1900, consequently, with the 

 exception of Hungary, no such reports were handed in. The 

 Author says that judging by what he saw in London, Tring, 

 and the Duke of Bedford's world-renowned Park, the inter- 

 vention of the Government as regards Bird protection in 

 England was hardly necessary. " The love for animals, 

 which is truly a characteristic of the Briton, is naturally 

 extended to the Birds, and their strong society cai-ries out 

 that which Continental Societies of a like nature would lik(^ 

 to push on to the shoulders of Government." 



This number also contains an article titled ' Ornitholoo-ical 

 Observations from Fiumc to the Sahara." It is really a short 

 sketch of South European migrants observed from Fiume to 

 the Sahara. A. H. 



7. Capt. Shelley's ' Bir.ls of Africa.^ 



The first part of vol. v. of Shelley's ' Birds of Africa ' 

 (London : R. H. Porter, 1906 ; price £1 1L<;. 6d.) has been 

 recently published. This part deals with the families Oriolid?e, 

 Sturnidse, and Corvidse. The first contains nine, the second 

 fifty-seven, and the third nine species. Seven coloured plates 

 figuring eleven species are given, including LamprocoHus 

 melanoqaster (Black-b('lli(>d Glossv Starling). 



