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(10) The October number (1905, part 2, vol. v.) of 'The 

 Emu ' contains an interostintr article by A. G. Campbell, on 

 "Fruit-eating Birds." He thinks that they are deservincr 

 of better treatment than is usually meted out to them. With 

 this part is issued as a Supplement an excellent " Dicho- 

 tomous Key " to the Birds of Australia. 



(11) In the July (1905) number of 'The Ibis' attention 

 may be drawn to the followinor articles : — 



1. A Contribution to the Ornithology of the Egyptian 



Soudan, by A. L. Butler, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., &c., 

 Superintendent of Game Preservation, Soudan Govern- 

 ment. — This is a lengthy and most important contri- 

 bution to African Ornithology. Three hundred and 

 thirty species are referred to, many of which are 

 familiar in the Southern portion of the Continent. 



2. On a small Collection of Birds from the Wadi-en- 



Natrun, Egypt, by W. L. S. Loat, F.Z.S. 



3. On further Collections of Birds from the Ef ulen District 



of Camaroon, West Africa, by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 

 Lli.D., with Notes by the Collector, G. L. Bates. 



(12) In the October (1905) number of 'The Ibis' the 

 following paper relating to African Ornithology appears: — 



On a Collection of Birds from Somaliland, by Harry F. 

 Witherby, with Field-notes by the Collector, Cai)tain 

 A. E. Hamerton, R.A.M.C, D.S.O.— This article 

 describes a collection of skins made by Captain 

 Hamerton whilst on active service with the Somali- 

 land Field Force in 1903-4. A large number of the 

 specimens were obtained in Eastern Somaliland, which 

 is but little known, and the collection, although small, 

 contains several new forms. 



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