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Loangwa) ; Delicon iirhica ; Mirafra nigricans (Loungwaj ; 

 Quelea cardinalis (Petauke). Mr. Neave refers the local 

 form of the Yellow- breasted Bush -Warbler {CIdorodyta 

 Jiavidiis) to the specific name of Jiornsuga (Reichei)ow), and 

 thinks Dr. Reichenow's suggestion that neglecla may turn 

 out to be also referable to this species as highly probable. 

 Amongst the nests and eggs described is that of Frionops tala- 

 coma (Helmet-Shrike), hitherto unknown. Two new species 

 are described and figured in a coloured plate by Keulemans, 

 viz. ('islicola stoehri (named after Dr. IStoehr, whose name 

 will be well known to readers of this Journal from his paper, 

 written in conjunction with Mr. W. L. Sclater, on the birds 

 of the same region, published in the December 1906 number) 

 and ITgpochcera codringtoni. We notice that Hirundo puella 

 (Lesser Stripe-breasted Swallow) was obtained in the Feira 

 District on the 18th July. 



III. Proceedings of the Phodesian Scientifc Association. 



Part iii. of volume v. contains a readable series of field- 

 notes on "Some interesting Birds of the Zambesi Valley." 

 By H. Marshall-Hole. 



IV. 'British Birds,' vol. i. no. 4. 



Amongst the papers of purely local interest we mny dr iw 

 attention to an interesting account of the nesting of a pair 

 of Grey Herons (Ardea cinerea) on the Dungeness beach by 

 Dr. N. F. Ticehurst. Mr. Pycraft gives us an able paper 

 titled " Nestling Birds, and some of the Problems they 

 present. (Part I.) " This deals principally with the colora- 

 tion of the nestling and the relation thereof to the bird's 

 environment. He refers to the characteristic striping of 

 the young of many birds, which he considers " most primi- 

 tive,'' and found only, so far as British birds are concerned, 

 in the Grebes and Game-birds. This is illustrated by a pretty 

 half-tone photographic plate of the young of the Great 

 Crested Grebe (Podicipes crisfatns), taken by Miss E. L. 

 Turner. Mr. Pycraft considers that the main reason for 

 this is protective resemblance. Judging by our own birds, 



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