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Reviews, Notices, etc.



will send some notes to the Magazine, as these are kinds of

doves and pigeons about which little has been observed in

captivity, as they are only occasionally to be had.


[Since writing the above I have added a pair of Scaly and Cinnamon

Doves to my collection, but have not had them long enough to say much

about them as yet.—R.A.]



REVIEWS, NOTICES, ETC.



ESSAYS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.*


This book is divided into two parts, the first dealing with

the Canary Islands, and the second with South Africa.


The Canaries are now so popular as a winter resort that a

book which deals with the natural history of the islands, and

with the customs and habits of its inhabitants should be

welcomed by many.


The author went first to Fuerteventura, a bare and

desolate island, rarely visited by Englishmen and sparely

inhabited. The birds here are few, Hoopoes, Coursers, Stone

Curlews, Shrikes, Ravens, and one or two others being more or

less common ; and the author managed to obtain some

excellent photos of most of the species which were breeding at

the time of his visit. It is no easy matter to conceal a camera

close to a nest on the bare plain, where there is absolutely no

cover, so successfully that the bird is not afraid to return to the

nest, but this the author succeeded in doing, as the admirable

photos reproduced in his book testify. Vilaptor, the highest

village in Teneriffe, is richer in bird-life; here Berthelot’s Pipit

was abundant on the open ground, and the Blackcap and Canary

were common in the wooded parts. Berthelot’s Pipit occurs in

all of the islands, but is particularly interesting, as being

confined to the Canarian Archipelago.


Many birds familiar to us at home are represented in

Teneriffe, such as the Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Black-cap, Green



Essays and Photographs. Some Birds of the Canary Islands and South Africa, by Henry

K. Harris. I.ondou, R. H. Porter, 7, Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.



