72 S/iort ^Votices of OrnUlioIoij'ical Pnhlu'ations, 



at \s. ()(/. net, and may l;o used either for reference or for 

 labelling s[)eeiniens. 



4. Revista Italiana di OrnitJtoloffla. 



We have received a specimen copy of the first number of 

 this new (Italian) Journal of Ornithology, which promises to 

 be an interesting publication. This number contains several 

 ])a|)ei-s — none of much interest to South African Ornitho- 

 logists, — short notes, reviews, &c., and a coloured plate of u 

 hybrid Pheasant. 



0. TJie AquUa : J\\'porf of the T^oijul I /inn/. Bur. of 

 Ornithology. \o\. xviii., ]itll. 



This number contains, amongst other a it ides, the ITtli 

 Annual Report of the Royal Hung. Bur. of Ornithology for 

 lino. Also an encpiiry into the stomachs and pellets of Owls 

 liy II. E. (Jreschik. One instance in this latter seems worth 

 recf)rding for the benefit of sceptics. 1'he ))ellets of the Forest 

 Eared Owl (vl.s/o ofis) showed the following result: harmful 

 animals '.>7 ])er cent., useful 2'^) ])er cent., of no account 

 ()*5 per cent. The Barn Owl is less praiseworthv — the 

 j)ercentage of harmful to useful aninuds being iJT'ti })er cent, 

 to ?)'! per cent. 



The Report on the marking of birds in 1 '.M 1 . bv Jakab 

 Schenk, is of especial interest. G4'J AVhite Storks and 412 

 ( "hininey Swallows were nuirked during the yvav. 



G. The Ilome-IJfe of the ().y>r{>i/. Photographed and 

 Described by Clinton d. Abbott, Assoc.A.O.U. 

 Witherby & Co., London. 



This is tli<' iird of the series of " l^ird-Iovers' llonie-life," 

 and. like its prcMleeessors, is remarkal)le for tlu^ beaut ii'idly 

 (•le;ii- ;ind interesting j)hotographie plates. These depict the 

 bird in miinv phases of its life-history. The book is sold at 

 b.v. net. for clotli-boniid eopie-, and lOy. i'li/. li.ilf-boniid 

 leather, ami can be recommended to ;iii\- bird-loNcr or 

 ornitlioloei.-t. 



