SJiort JVoth'e's of' Oniitholoylcal Pahllcatioits. 71 



Southern Cameroon, illu.strated by a well-coloured plate 

 oF Lohotiis oi-ioHnns, and another ofc" eggs of West African 

 birds. 



From the account of the Annual General Meeting we see 

 that the British Ornithologists' Union now numbers 419 

 Ordinary, 3 Extraordinary, 9 Honorary, 4 Lady Hononirv, 

 10 Colonial, and 19 Foreign ]\hMnbers. Mr. J. Lewis 

 Bonhote, M.A., was electi^l Secretary. 



In the OctolxM" 1911 number Mr. Bates continues his paper 

 on the Birds of Southern Cameroon, illustrated bv two more 

 lovely ))lates of eggs. Then we have also a further contri- 

 bution to the Ornithology of Cyj)rus by our one-time Editor 

 and President, Mr. John A. Bucknill, M.A. 



Mr. W. L. Sclater (another ex- President of our Union) 

 continues his account of Claude Grant's collections in South 

 Africa. Merops supercUiosus is recorded from Masambeti and 

 Beira, forming an addition to the South African List. 



The January number contains the 4th and last })art of 

 Mr. Sclater's articles on Claude Grant's collection. Herein 

 Vinculo wakejiehli is recorded from Tambarara and Tete 

 in Portuguese East Africa, while Mr. Sclater njiholds 

 Dr. Reichenow's separation of the Green- and Blue-metallic- 

 spotted Doves. 



2. T)le Vor/elfaiina des MitteJafr'damsclien SeeiK/ehiefes. 



By Prof. Dr. Anton Reichenow. 



This is an account of a collection of birds made in the 

 Lake Regions of Central Africa by His PL'ghness the Duke 

 Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg. A bibliography of works 

 and papers that have aj)peared on the territory since 1905 

 is given, as also a sketch-map of the region under view. 



Many new forms are described, five of which are illustrated 

 in two coloured plates. 



3. A List of Ih-itisli Birds shoxcing at a glance the E.mct 



Status of each Species. Revised to August 1910 by 

 W. R. Ogilvie Grant. 



This is a handy little puldication sold by A\'itliei-b\- \- ( 'o. 



