26 Short JS^otices of Ornithological Publications. 



4. A History of the Birds of Kent. By Normau F. 



Ticehnrst. 



We have, through the courtesy o£ the publishers Messrs. 

 Witherby & Co., of London, received a copy of this well got 

 up book of moderate price. To ornithologists of the county 

 of Kent in particular, and of England in general, it must be 

 of great interest. We even as South Africans find it very 

 interesting reading, the reproductions of old plates with 

 which it is illustrated being of special interest. 



5. We have received Pamphlet No. 1656 of the ' Pro- 

 ceedings of the U.S. National Museum,' which is a list of 

 " Generic Names applied to Birds during the Years 1001 to 

 1905 inclusive," with further additions to Waterhouse's 

 ' Index Generum Avium,' by Chas. W. Richmond. 



6. An interesting little paper with diagrammatic sketches 

 appears in the ' Ornithologisches Jahrbuch,' Jahrgang 7, 

 No. 3, " On the Holding of the Foot of Birds in Flight,'^ by 

 Dr. Richard Biedermann. 



