4G Short Sotices of Ornitlwlogical Publications. 



testes undeveloped) have the pectoral tufts of a deep yellow, 

 but without the distinct admixture of orange-red ; and two 

 females (marked ovaries hardly discernible) are the same. 

 One adult male and one adult female have the pectoral tufts 

 strongly mixed with bright orange-red, so it would seem that 

 this is the colouring of these parts in the fully adult stage. 

 The very dark, slightly iridescent forehead is constant in all, 

 as are the lengthy measurements of the bill and wing. These 

 last specimens are from Lusikisiki, Pondoland — from two 

 localities, high inland ground and the coastal bush-region. 

 This makes a total of ten specimens from Port St. John and 

 Lusikisiki, whereof five males and one female have the 

 characteristic admixture of orange-red in the yellow pectoral 

 tufts, and several more have the edges tinted with orange. 

 I have much pleasure in presenting a reproduction of a 

 water-colour painting by the talented discoverer of the bird. 

 Of the specimens mentioned above, one is in the Tring 

 Museum, and the remainder (including the type) are in the 

 Transvaal Museum, Pretoria. 



VII. Short Notices of Ornitholo<jical PuUications. 



I. The Ibis: a Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. 



The January number contains, amongst excellent papers 

 on the ornithology of various regions, the follow ing, to which 

 the attention of South African students may be drawn : — 



1. " On a Collection of Birds from Gazaland, Southern 



Rhodesia.'' By C. F. M. Swynnerton. 

 This was fully reviewed in our last number. 



2. " Notes on the Parrots. (Part VII.) " By T. Salvadori. 



From the review of the Report of the British Museum, 

 w^e extract the following : — 



162 birds received from British Central Africa, presented 

 by Sir A. Sharpe, K.C.B. 



