66 Short Notices. 



Erlanger's " Contributions to the Avifauna of North-east 

 Africa/^ The article is illustrated by a series of beautiful 

 coloured plates. 



(4) In the ' Transvaal Agricultural Journal ' for July 

 (1905), Dr. J. W. B. Gunning, F.Z.S., contributes the fifth 

 instalment of his publication " Birds in Relation to Agricul- 

 ture." In this portion of his paper he deals with the Rollers, 

 Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Cuckoos, Woodpeckers, and Barbets. 

 Dr. Gunning is of the opinion that the harm done by King- 

 fishers to fry in fish-ponds is completely outweighed by their 

 utility in destroying creatures which are of little service to 

 mankind. 



(5) In the ' Ornithologische Monatsberichte ' of February 

 1905, under the title "New African Forms," Dr. Anton 

 Reichenow describes a new species from South Africa : — 



Ekemomela baumgarti (Rchw.). 



Above grey ; hinder rump-feathers with hidden white tips ; 

 dark lore stripe above which a lighter stripe ; chin and under 

 wing-coverls white ; rest of under surface from lower throat 

 to under tail-coverts cream-coloured ; wing-feathers and 

 rectrices dark grey-brown, the former edged with white on 

 the inside, and the latter tipped with white. 



Length; about 110 mm. ; wing 55 mm. ; tail 45 mm. ; 

 bill 10 mm. ; tarsus 20 mm. 



Locality. Windhoek, Damaraland [Dr. Baumgart). 



]n the same article Dr. Reichenow puts forward a new 

 subspecies : Eremomela flaviventris sharpei (Rchw.). 



With the help of a series of skins sent by Dr. Baumgart 

 from Windhoek he confirms Dr. Sharpe's separation of the 

 Damaraland form of E.Jiaviventris. He does not, however, 

 allow the name of E. damarensis, proposed by Dr. Sharpe, to 

 stand, on the grounds that this name was already given by 

 Wahlberg to another member of the genus. This bird can 



