Short Xutices of OvnUliolojlcal l^uhlicatioiis. 53 



nomenclature the better for all concerned, as the conservatism 

 oE a few ot* the good old school will not stem the tide. No 

 one regrets more than we do the alteration of old estahlished 

 names, biu we also recognise the vital fact that the sooner 

 all conform to hard-and-fast rules the sooner will an end be 

 put to our troubles. 



2. Trail Aadioiis of the Zoological Societi/ of London, vol. xix. 



part 4, March 1010. 



This issue of the Society's ' Transactions ' forms No. IG of 

 the Ruwenzori Expedition Report, and deals with the Birds 

 collected by the Expedition. The paper is by W, R. Ogilvie- 

 Grant, F.Z.S., &c., and is followed by an Appendix "On 

 some Points in the Anatomy of Bradi/pteriis cinnamomeus," 

 by W. P. Pycraft. 



We are told in the Introduction that the collection of 

 Birds nuide was very complete, only four birds seen and 

 heard were not obtained. Twenty species peculiar to the 

 Ru'.venzori Mountain were collected. Four purely South 

 African forms range north into the locality (viz., Cinnyris 

 niariquensis, Schcenieola apicalis, Irrisor viridis, and Turnix 

 nana), and ninety-fonr widely distributed African species 

 were procured, such as IHcrurus afer, Sitayra ocularia, Qiielea 

 quelea, Pyromelana xanthomelas, CoUuspasser ardens, Vidua 

 serena, &c. About ninety-four si)ecies found in South 

 Africa, all told, were obtained, including such as extend 

 beyond the range of the African Continent. Three hundred 

 and eighty-five species were procured, including twenty- 

 seven new to science, described in the Bulletins B. 0. C. for 

 IDOC) to 190*J by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant. 



This exhaustive piece of work is illustrated by ten beautiful 

 lithographic plates by Gronvold, nine of birds and one 

 of eggs. The latter contains, amongst others, representa- 

 tions of Emhenza Jiaviventris (2), Camaroptera g7'iseoviridisy 

 (J^dicnemus verinicitlatus, and Caprimulgus fossei. 



3. ilie Avicultural Magazine, November and December, 



1910. 

 The November number contains, inter alia, an interesting 



