222 Sho7't Notices of Ornithological Publications. 



Gardens in 1906 was 157, aai advance of twelve on the 11)05 

 figures. 



We see that Mr. M. J. Nicoll (whose name is familiar to 

 all readers of ' The Ibis ' as the energetic ornithologist and 

 collector who accompanied Lord Crawford in the ' Valhalla ' 

 round the world) has been appointed Assistant- Director. 



21. 'The Story of Bird Life^ hy W. P. Pycraft. Price U. 



We can strongly recommend this brightly written little 

 book to all beginners in Ornithology. It is small, handy, and 

 cheap, and has a large amount of information compressed into 

 a small s})ace. 



25. * The Plmu^ [Organ of the Australasian 0, U.). 



The October 1906 number contains, amongst excellent papers 

 of local interest, one on the origin and development of para- 

 sitical habits in the Cuculidie by C. L. Barratt. The Author 

 gives an interesting account of the nidificatory habits of 

 Cuckoos of various countries, citing instances of partial 

 jjarasitism amongst birds as a proof of the gradual develop- 

 ment of the habit by variation and natural selection. 



The January 1907 number contains interesting half-tone 

 reproductions of nesting-colonies of Crested Terns [Sterna 

 bergii), from photographs by A. J. Campbell. 



The number also contains an account of the 6th Annual 

 Congrl^•^s held at Hobart (Tasmania), from which we are glad 

 to learn i\\Q Australasian 0. U. is making steady progress. 

 The address of the President (Surgeon-Colonel C. S. Ryan), 

 on the Protection of Native Birds, makes interesting reading. 



Col. Ryan emphasises the point raised by us repeatedly 

 when taunted with tardiness, viz., that the education of the 

 public is a better safeguard than mere legislation. 



2^. ' The Aqidla ' (Periodical of Ornithology in Hungary) . 



Vol. XIII. (1906) contains an article on " The Ibis and 

 Ornithophsenology,'" which is a counter-criticism on the 

 critical remarks of ' The Ibis ' on the papers on migration 



