1919-] Recently published Ornithological JVorlca. 771 



examination ; but \vc arc afraid tliat ideas dift'er widely 

 as to the meaning oi" the term "scientific correctness," 

 and in proof can only refer to the speeches at the ll.A.O.U. 

 meetini,' ('The Emu,' xviii. i)p. 144-147). Mr. ('amphell 

 also talks of the "International Code'' aiul the views of 

 various persons on it, hut they evidently do not refer to the 

 Ornitliological Co(h;. 



E. C. Chubb on the Dodo. 



[A skeleton of tlu; \)odo (I)idiis ineptics). By E. C. ('liiil)l). Annals 

 Durban .Museum, ii. 1!)1!», pp. i>7 9!), pi. xvii. ; 1 text-fi<;.] 



[TheDoao. I.eailet No. ]. ]Jnrl)an Museum, pp. 1 1 ; L' figs. IDli).] 



The Durban Museum has recently acquired a very com- 

 plete nu)untcd skeleton of the Dodo. It was formerly in the 

 possession of the late Mr. E. Therioux of Mauritius, and is 

 of sj)ccial interest as it possesses the caudal vertebrae and 

 pygostyle complete, a rib on the second pelvic vertebra, 

 and certain carpal bones in the wing not hitherto found on 

 any existing skeleton or described, 



Mr. E. C. Chubb writes a short description of these bones 

 and illustrates his notice with a photograph which, however, 

 is hardly sufficiently large or clear to be of much use. 



The leaflet, also by Mr. Chubb, proi'ides a short popular 

 history of the Dodo, and contains a re[)roduetion of one of 

 Savery's pictures of the bird, and is prc[)ared for the benefit 

 of visitors to the Durban Museum. 



Gladstone on the VHir and bird-life. 



[l)irdsanil the War. liy Hugh S. Gladstone. Ijondon (SkefKnpton), 

 1919. 8vo.] 



In this little volume Mr. Gladstone has brought together 

 a mass of information relating — as the title tells us — to 

 birds and the war. We learn from the preface that the 

 book is compiled from "a large collection of cuttings," and 

 although certain recognized authorities are quoted, yet the 

 mnjor part of the information here collated apj)cared 

 anonymously in newspapers. As Mr. Gladstone has nuule 

 such ample use of these anonymous writings, it seems a 



