IGO Short Notices of Oniitholof/ical Publications. 



8. The Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 



Philadelphia. 



In the 1905 volume, pp. 755-782, appears a paper by 

 Mr. Witmer Stone on a collection o£ Birds made by Mr. G. 

 L. Harrison, jun., in 1904 in the central part o£ the Pro- 

 tectorate of British East Africa. Two hundred and twelve 

 species are recorded, including a new Cisticola. 



9. Oustalet on Birds from Lake Tchad. 



A pamphlet of some importance has recently been issued 

 entitled ' Catalogue des Oiseaux rapportes par la Mission 

 (Jhari-Lac Tchad,' by M. Oustalet. This paper, published in 

 the Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. x. pp. 131 and 536 (1904), and 

 xi. p. 10 (1905), is a catalogue of birds collected by a French 

 expedition to Lake Tchad. It mentions 107 s{)ecies and 

 describes a new species, Cinnyris decorsei. 



10. ' Liberia,' hi/ Sir Harry Johnston. 



Attention should be drawn to a work on ' Liberia ' by 

 Sir Harry Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., &c., published by 

 Hutchinson & Co., 1906 ; 2 vols. 8vo. London. Price 4:2s. 



The second volume contains an account of the Avifauna of 

 the country and a list of all the known species, 260 in 

 number, prepared for the author b}" Mr. C*hubb, of the South 

 Kensington Museum. 



11. The Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



In vol. iii. p. 352 (1905) appears a List of the Birds collected 

 near Mombasa, East Africa, by William Doherty. The list 

 is published by Dr. AV. J. Holland : the collection was made 

 in September and October, 1900 ; it contains the names of 

 106 species. 



12. Report of South African Museum, 1905. 



The Report of the South African Museum (Cape Town) 

 for the vear endino- 31 st December, 1905. shows that during 



