360 Recently puhtished Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



of WyclifFe Hall, Yorkshire^ the oft-quoted though anony- 

 mous author of the ' Ornithologia Britannica,' and which 

 he believes, from the evidence he is able to produce, to be 

 undoubtedly an example of the old indigenous race. 



Grate on the birds of South-West Africa. 



[Ziir Avifauna des nordliclien Deutsch Siidwestafrika. Von Hermann 

 Grote. Journ. Ornith. 1922, pp. 39-49.] 



Just before the war broke out Dr, F. Jaeger and Dr. Leo 

 Waibel were engaged in a scientific and exploring expedition 

 in the extreme north of what was then the German Colony 

 of South- West Africa. Their work was interrupted by the 

 war and they were unable to accomplish much, but a small 

 collection of birds was secured, consisting of about forty 

 species. These are now described by Dr. Grote, wlio has 

 found several novelties among them, viz. : Eupodotis ajroides 

 etoschce, Dendropicus guineensis stresenicmni, Philetairus 

 socius geminus, and Mirafra sabot a wuibeli. 



Lonnberg on the food of the Buzzard. 



[Bidrag till kannedomen om ormvrakens naringsvanor. Av Einar 

 Lounberg. Svensk Jagarefdrb. Tidskr. lix. 1921, pp. 257-263; 

 4 ligs.] 



This is a short paper dealing with the food-habits of the 

 Buzzard {Buteo b. buteo) in Sweden. It is illustrated with 

 four photographs of some curious plumage variations. 



Mathews on Australian Birds. 



[The Birds of Australia. By Gregory M. Mathews. Vol. ix. 

 pts. 5, 6, pp. 193-436, pis. 425-436. London (Witherby), Dec. 1921, 

 and Feb. 1922. 4to.] 



In part 5 of Mr. Mathews's work we are concerned with 

 seven most interesting species of terrestrial birds of the 

 genera Cinclosoma, Samuela, Drymodes, Pycnoptilus, and 

 Hylacola, which normally live on the ground, feed on 

 insects or more rarely berries, and nest among the mallee 

 or other scrub. 



