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would a])peal for more support — both from Members and the 

 public. The percentage of Members who write for the 

 Journal is exceedingly small ; to contribute it is not necessary 

 to send a long geographical list or an original essay. Small 

 paragraphs on anything of special or general interest in the 

 Avian world for the "Occasional Notes" column will be 

 welcome, and will afford our younger members an opportunity 

 of a "start" in vvritino;. 



(29) Migration. — We would again remind our readers 

 of the present influx of migrants, and trust that all who can 

 possibly do so will comply with the request contained in the 

 circular issued with the last number. Members need not 

 necessarily confine themselves to the six birds mentioned, but 

 can report upon the arrival of any migratory species if the}^ 

 so desire. 



XIX. — Sliort Notices of Orn'itlwlogical Publications. 

 17. ' The Ibis, a Quarterly Journal of Ornithology.' 

 The January and April 1907 numbers of the " mother" of 

 British Ornithological publications contains an extremely 

 interesting and valuable contribution to South African 

 Ornithology by Mr. G. F. M. Svvynnerton, Col.M.B.O.U., 

 titled " On the Birds of Oazaland, Southern Rhodesia." 



Two species new to science are included : Erithacus 

 sicynnertoni, Shelley, and Apalis chirindensis, Shelley. These 

 two birds were originally described from Sywnnerton's 

 collection in the Bulletin B. 0. Club for June, 1906. 



The following species are also recorded from southern 

 limits for the first time : — 



Nectarinia arturi. I Sylviella wlivtii. 



Cinnj'i-is niassae. Pachyprora dimorpha. 



Telephonus ancbitse. TrocliDcercus albonotatus. 



Laniarius bertrandi, Terpsiplione plumbeiceps. 

 Phyllostrophus milaiijensis. 



The Ohirinda Bar-throated Warbler differs mainly from 



