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edited the late C. J- Andersson's 'Birds of Damara Land and the adjacent 

 countries of Southwest Africa,' published in 1872. His contributions to 

 'The Ibis,' 'The Zoologist,' and the 'Proceedings' of the Zoological Soci- 

 ety are very numerous, running back for nearly fifty years. They relate 

 largely to Raptorial birds, but include papers on South African ornitho- 

 logy, and especially upon British birds. In 1SS4 he published his very 

 important and well known 'List of the Diurnal Birds of Prey, with Refer- 

 ences and Annotations.' He was one of the Founders of the British Or- 

 nithologists' Union. His business life was that of a banker, he being a 

 partner of the banking firm of Gurneys, Birkbecks, and Co. He was a 

 Member of Parliament from 1854 to 1862, and for many years a magistrate 

 for the County of Norfolk and city of Norwich. His many good works 

 had "endeared him to his neighbors in every rank of life." He leaves 

 two sons, one of whom, John Henry, is a well-known ornithologist. 



'Zoe, a Biological Journal,' is published at San Francisco, Cali- 

 fornia, on the last day of each month, by the Zoe Publishing Company, 

 Volume I, No. 1, bearing date March, 1S90. It is an octavo of 32 pages, 

 filled with original matter of excellent quality. The opening article, by 

 Dr. H. W. Harkness, President of the California Academy of Sciences, on 

 the 'Nomenclature of Organic Life,' is a terse statement of the fundamen- 

 tal principles of sound nomenclature. Interspersed with articles on botany 

 and ichthyology are several papers on birds. Mr. A. W. Anthony de- 

 scribes the nests and eggs of Townsend's Junco and the San Pedro Par- 

 tridge, and Mr. W. E- Bryant gives some interesting observations on 

 birds during the total solar eclipse of January, 18S9. There is a depart- 

 ment of 'Recent Literature,' and another of 'Proceedings of Societies.' 

 The prospectus states that 'Zoe' is designed to "furnish a medium for the 

 dissemination of the results of scientific thought and investigation, and 

 for the review of contemporaneous scientific literature, especially that re- 

 lating to the west coast of America." The merits of the new journal 

 entitle it to a cordial welcome and we heartily wish it a success. 



Captain Charles E. Bendire is preparing for publication an elaborate 

 treatise upon the oology and breeding habits of North American birds. 

 It will be based upon the author's own wide experience, supplemented by 

 occasional extracts from previous writers, and by matter contributed by 

 his correspondents, and will cover the subject with as great thoroughness 

 as existing knowledge will permit. Much new information will be given, 

 helping to define exactly the breeding range of each species. The descrip- 

 tions of the eggs will be taken in most cases from the now unrivalled col- 

 lection of North American eggs in the United States National Museum. 

 The work will probably fill five large quarto volumes, and be illustrated 

 with colored plates of the eggs of each species. In both accuracy and 

 artistic merit these plates are likely to be of an unusually high order. 



Captain Bendire, would be glad to correspond with any one who is 

 disposed to aid him with any new information about the breeding habits ■ 

 of our birds. All such contributions that may appear in the book will be 

 duly acknowledged. 



