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Fortunate Islands appears to have been lost until early in 

 the fourteenth century, when the Portuguese and the 

 Spaniards began tlieir voyages of discovery. Other chapters 

 follow on the physical characteristics and geological history 

 of the group, and we are glad to notice that Mr. Bannerman 

 approves of the orthodox theory of their origin that they are 

 of volcanic origin and liave never been joined to the African 

 Continent or formed part of the fabled Atlantis. 



The second and third parts of the volume are devoted to 

 the author's personal explorations and adventures in the 

 various islands, and show him to be a traveller of the best 

 type — always keen, always good tempered, often in very- 

 trying circumstances, and always observant, not only of the 

 birds which were assiduously collected, but also of the other 

 animals and plants. Finally an appendix contains a com- 

 plete list of the Canarian birds, 217 in num])er. 



The illustrations include three coloured plates ()f Canarian 

 Titmice and Chaffinches, which are reprinted from those 

 which appeared in ' The Ibis,' and a very large number of 

 photographs, nearly all of them taken by Mr. Bannerman 

 himself and beautifully reproduced for this work. The book 

 is well printed on good paper and is a credit to the pub- 

 lishers, and we hope that it will meet with all the success it 

 deserves. It will certainly be of the greatest interest to all 

 visitors or residents in the Canaries, while no ornithologist 

 should neglect the perusal of its fascinating pages. 



Beebe on the Fheasants. 



[A monograph of the Plieasants. By William Beebe. Vol. iii, 

 pp. xvi4-204 ; col. pis. xlv-lxviii ; pliotogr. 40-60 ; maps xi-xiv. 

 London (Witherby lor the New York Zool. Soc), February 1922. 



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The third volume of !Mr. Beebe's magnificent work on 

 the Pheasants is now before us and fully sustains the 

 standard set in the two previous ones. The present volume 

 deals with four genera, all closely allied to the familiar 

 " Bird of Colchis." These are Fucrasia containing tlie 

 Koklass' of the Himalaya and China, Catreus containing 



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