Obit liar 1/ Xotices. 16',^ 



the Barn Owl (St rit; Jlammea) consumes 0*20 per cent, moles, 

 30*30 per cent, shrews, 0*20 per cent, bats, 0'20 per cent, 

 rats, 23 per cent, mice, 44*30 per cent, voles, 1*50 per cent, 

 birds, and 0*40 per cent, frogs. A. H. 



16. ' Ornithologrische MonatsbericJde,' April to December, 

 1906. 9 numbers. 



The only paragraph in these journals which calls tor 

 remark is the statement of the Editor regarding the nest of 

 Turacus corythaix. In reviewing Journal S.A.O.U. vol. i. 

 no. 2, he states that it includes a photograph of this bird 

 situated on the ground under a bush, whereas the photo is of 

 a nest in a tree some ten or twelve feet above the earth. Of 

 course this is not clear in the photograph, but neither is 

 there any indication of ground in it. The Loury has never 

 been known to nest on the ground. The November number 

 contains a paper titled " New Species from Africa,^' by 

 Dr. Reicbenow. A new species of Weaver Bird (Pyromelana 

 marwitzi) and a new Swift (^Apus rochli) are described, 

 besides five new subspecies from " Mkalama and Usambara," 

 wherever these places may be. A. H. 



The October '06 number contains nothing of any interest 

 to South African ornithologists, and only one short article of 

 general interest on " The Sociability and Unsociability of 

 (captive Birds,^' by Fr. Braun. He quotes various instances 

 of change in mode of life and temperament undergone by 

 certain birds in confinement. A. H. 



XI. — Obituary Notices. 



Jean Louis Oabanis, who died at the great age of ninety, 

 near Berlin, was one of the greatest Ornithologists whom the 

 world has yet produced. For fifty years officially connected 

 with the Zoological Museum of the University of Berlin, 

 Cabanis was enabled to use the advantages offered to him by 

 his position with the greatest zeal and success. 



He was the founder of the ' Journal fiir Ornitholoffie * ; 



