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It Avould make the journal of much greater use and give 

 it much more importance it" those responsible for editing it 

 could be persuaded at least to publish a translation of the 

 list of the contents of each number. 



Mr. Kuroda has already shown the way by printing his 

 descriptions of new forms in English as well as Japanese, 

 and we ho[)e other authors will be induced to do the same. 



May we conclude by wishing our new contemporary 

 " Tori " a long life and a prosperous career ! . 



Trans. Norfolk Nat. Society. 



[Trausaotious of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. 

 Vol. X. pt. 4, 1917-18 ; February 1919.] 



The Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society will 

 celebrate its Jubilee this year undei' the presidency of our 

 old friend Mr. J. H. Gurney, and we must congratulate 

 the members of what must certainly be one of the oldest 

 provincial societies on their flourishing condition and on 

 the excellence of their journal. 



The most important ornithological paper in the present 

 number is undoubtedly one by Miss Turner on the breeding 

 of the Bittern in Norfolk. For many years, in fact since 

 about 1868, the Bittern has been extinct in Norfolk and 

 the British Islands as a breeding-bird, though a few have 

 been noticed evei'y winter in the " Broads " district. 



Since 1911, though no nest was actually found until 1917, 

 there is no doubt that the Bittern has recommenced breeding 

 in the " Broads " district, and there seems to be every chance 

 of its complete re-establishment. Miss Turner's paper is full 

 of the details of the nesting-habits and early life-history of 

 these extraordinarily interesting birds, and is illustrated by 

 six plates reproduced from her [)hotographs. It should be 

 read by all. The booming of the Bittern, which has been 

 mentioned by so many writers and poets apart from orni- 

 thologists, can now again be heard, and a most remarkable 

 sound it is — something to our hearing between a fog-horn 

 and a donkey's bray. 



In a shorter article Mr. B. B. Kivere deals with the habits 



