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one) the alteration of one letter, is to our mind a wholly 

 unnecessary proceeding. 



In the April number there is also an interesting paper^ 

 entitled " Mixed Bird-parties," by our energetic Vice- 

 President for Rhodesia, Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton, in which 

 he gives us his experiences where birds combine together to 

 form " hunting-parties " for the better and easier obtaining 

 of their prey. 



The July number also contains a paper by D. A. Banner- 

 man on the birds of the Cameroon Mountains, being the 

 report on birds collected by the ill-fated Capt. Boyd 

 Alexander ; this is continued in the October number. 



The October number also contains an obituary notice of 

 R. B. Woosnam, whose name is fairly well known to South 

 African naturalists by reason of his collections^ made during, 

 and subsequent to, the Boer War. He came to South Africa 

 with the 2nd Worcester Regiment, and resigned his com- 

 mission after the cessation of hostilities, to go on a 

 collecting-tour with a brother officer, Mr. R. E. Dent, for 

 the British Museum of Natural History. After his return 

 to England in 1904 he went on several other tours to th© 

 Persian Gulf, Equatorial Africa, etc., and returned to South 

 Africa in 11*09 to explore the Kalahari Desert. In 1910 he 

 was appointed Game Warden in British East Africa, which 

 appointment he held until the outbreak of the present War,, 

 when he rejoined his old regiment at tlie Dardanelles, and 

 fell on June 4th, 1915, while gallantly leading his men in 

 the Gallipoli Peninsula. He was 36 years of age at the time 

 of his death. 



.5. ' British Birds,' Vol. ix. June 1915 to May 1916. 



This little monthly magazine continues its interesting 

 articles on English Bird-life, illustiated with the camera. 

 Miss E. L. Turner, H.M.B.O.U., is to be congratulated on 

 the photographs illustrating her article on " Wait and See 

 Photography,^' many of which are works of art, apart from 

 their interest ornithologically. The April (1916) number 

 contains a record of a Swallow (Hirimdo r^istica) picked up 



