Short ^Yotices of Orn'illu)lu(jlcal .Puhlicatlons. 53 



length, mud and dirt would interfere with its swallowing, 

 whereas the tij) only being raised would enable the bird 

 to get a grip of its food without this disadvantage. 



This number also contains an appreciative review of the 

 June 1907 number of this Journal, in which attention is 

 drawn to the fact that Dr. Sclater was the first zoologist 

 to elevate the Honey-guides to family rank (see ' Ibis,' 

 1870, p. 170). 



IX. ' British Birds,' October to December 1907. 



In these three numbers Messrs. Pycraft and Headley 

 continue their interesting papers on " Nestling i3irds " and 

 " Wind and Flight '' respectively. — The December number 

 contains an " Obituary Notice " of Mr. Howard Saunders, 

 the respected Secretary of the British Ornithologists' Union 

 (who, we regret to say, passed away on the 20th October of 

 last year), by his friend Mr. Abel Chapman. It is illustrated 

 by an excellent photogravure portrait. An Obituary Notice 

 of Mr. Howard Saunders is given below (p. 54). 



X. A Monograph of the Petrels (Orr/^r Tubinares). By 



F. DuCane (lodman, D.(!.L., F.K.S. 

 Under this tit'e Mes&rs. Witherby and Co., of 3"2() High 

 Holborn, London, W.C, are issuing a quarto work by the 

 President of the British Ornithologists^ Union. Thiough 

 the courtesy of the publishers we have been favoured with 

 a copy of the first part, containing 68 pp. text and 20 

 beautiful phites. Amongst these are life-like re[)resentations 

 of th(> following forms which occur in South Africa : — 

 Procellaria pelagica, Oceanodroma leucorrhoa, Oceanites 

 oceanicus, Garrodia nereis, Cymodroma grallaria, and 

 C. melanogaster. The text is clearly printed on rag paper, 

 and contains, besides accurate and concise descriptions in 

 Latin and English, excellent accounts of the habits and 

 distribution. — We can strongly recommend the work to all 

 who can afford to pay the price. To our Members residing 

 on or near the coast it will be of inestimable value. The 

 price is £2 6s. per part, of which there will be five, or 

 £10 lOi-. for the entire work, payable in advance. 



