136 Short Notices of Ovnithological Publications. 



3. Part VI. of the paper on the Cameroons by Dr. Sharpe 

 and Mr. Bates, mentioned above ; with a coloured plate 

 of Malimbus coronatus. 



This number also publishes a letter from Mr. A. D. Millar, 

 of Durban (Vice-President S.A.O.U.), describing the nesting 

 of the Red-winged Pratincole {Glareola 2'>ratincola) in Natal. 

 The eggs were laid on the bare ground on the ridges between 

 the furrows of a ploughed land. It may be well to here 

 contradict the statement in Sclater's ' Birds ' (vol. iv.) that 

 this bird is only an accidental visitor to this country. Both 

 Mr. Thomson (Journal S.A.O.U. 1907) and Mr. C. H.Taylor 

 (in litt.) have recorded its occurrence in large numbers. 



XV. Tlie Emu: the Official Organ of the Australasian 

 Ornithologists' Union. 



The January (1908) number of our Australian con- 

 temporary contains the account of the 7th (Sydney) session 

 of the Union, from which we are glad to see the Aust. O.U. 

 is continuing its successful career. Mr. A. J. Campbell 

 contributes an interesting paper on the history of Bird 

 Protection, using as a basis the historical sketch by Otto 

 Herman on the " International Convention for the Protection 

 of Birds, concluded in 1902.'' We have duly received a copy 

 of this latter publication, a review of which will appear later. 



XVI. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club. 



The June 1907 number (cxxxv.) contains the following 

 descriptions of species new to South Africa : Erytliropygia 

 pcvna damarensis, E. Hartert ; Batis err/throphthahna (similar 

 to B. capensis) and Trochocerus megalolophus (similar 

 to 2\ cyanomelas), C. F. M. Swynnerton (from Gazaland, 

 Southern Rhodesia). In the October 1907 number appears 

 Haagner's description of Cinnyris olivaceus daviesi, and in the 

 November number Dr. Sharpo's Colius kirbyi (from 

 Lydcnburg, TvL). The January 1908 number contains the 

 description of a new Francolin by 0. Neumann (F. jugularis 

 pallidior) from German South-west Africa. Dr. Sclater 

 reports on. the breeding of Glareola melarioptera in Natah 



