132 Short Notices. 



The Gulls and sea-going species which inhabit the coasts — 

 few of which, alas ! gladden our eyes up country — are dealt 

 with in an exhaustive and masterly manner. 



It is, perhaps, needless to say that this fourth volume is 

 bound to prove a great success. It is published by R. H. 

 Porter, 7 Prince's Street, Cavendish Square, London, W., 

 and was delivered to me in the Transvaal, postage included, 

 for £1 135. &d. 



(2) Attention may be drawn to a very remarkable work 

 by C. B. Schillings, entitled ' With Flashlight and Rifle in 

 Equatorial East Africa,' originally published in Leipzig in 

 1905, but of which an English translation has recently been 

 issued by Messrs. Hutchinson & Co., of London. This work, 

 which gives an account of the author's explorations, is illus- 

 trated with numerous photographs of wild life, including 

 many illustrations of rare and interesting African birds. 



(3) In the ' Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Asso- 

 ciation,' vol. iii. p. 3, 1902, appears an article by Mr. C. H. 

 Tredgold, " On the Extensive Appearance of Quail in Mata- 

 beleland, 1901-2." The species referred to, Coturnix 

 delagorguei (Harlequin Quail), appeared in enormous flocks, in 

 December 1901 and January and February 1902, in the 

 neighbourhood of Buluwayo, where they bred very freely. 



(4) The January (190G) number of 'The Ibis ' contains 

 several articles of interest to South African ornithologists: — 

 1. " Ostrich-farming in South Africa." By the Hon. Arthur 

 Douglas. 



This paper was read in Section D at the Meeting of the 

 British Association at Cape Town in August of last year. 

 The author, who was, it will be remembered. Minister for 

 Railways in the present Cape Grovernment, died quite recently. 



The domestication and farming of Ostriches for the pro- 

 duction of feathers was, it appears, first commenced in 1867 : 

 incubation was at first almost entirely practised, owing to the 



