1922.] Recently published Ornithological Works. 373 



Bird Notes. 



[Bird Notes : The Joiuual of the Foreigu Bird Club. Edited by 

 Wesley T. Page. Ser. 3. Vol. iv. for 1921 ; 12 nos.] 



The last completed volume of ' Bird Notes ' contains many 

 articles of interest to Aviculturists, though we regret to 

 notice that the contributors are very few in number, the 

 greater part of the volume being due to the energy of 

 Mr. Page the Editor and to Mr. Shore Eaily. The former 

 has made many journeys to visit tlie aviaries of various 

 members, such as the Duchess of Wellington, Mrs. Burgess, 

 and Capt. Rattigan, and has reported on these ; he also con- 

 tributes a number of shorter articles on his experiences with 

 Pittas, Cape Doves, Prince Luciau Conures, and Tanagers. 

 Mr. Shore Baily, also an enthusiastic and successful breeder, 

 writes on Ids successes and otherwise in breeding Waders, 

 Senegal Coursers, Grenadier Weavers, Picui Doves, and 

 many other birds. His account of the habits of the 

 Senegal Pie [Cryptorhina afro) seem of special interest, 

 as it is a bird which is but rarely imported alive. The other 

 principal contributor is the Marquis of Tavistock, whose 

 chief object appears to be to get foreign birds to breed 

 at liberty; Cordon Bleus (Estrilda angolensis) and Bud- 

 gerigars (Melopsiitacus undulatus) do not seem to take 

 to our fickle climate very readily, but such experiments, 

 when successful, are not always attended by pleasant results, 

 as witness the disastrous acclimatization of the Little Owl. 



There are no coloured plates in this volume, but there is 

 a charming drawing by Mrs. A. M. Cook from life of a 

 Blue-tailed Pitta (Eucichla cyanura) and a characteristic 

 plate in black and white of Levaillaut^s Barbet, Trachy- 

 phonus cafer, by the late Mr. H. Goodchild, besides plenty 

 of photographs. 



Bombay Journal. 



[The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Vol. xxvii. 

 nos. 1-4, 1920-1.] 



The last volume of the Bombay Journal forms a stout 



