Recently jyuhlished Ornithological Works, 395 



follow any failure on their part to leave the hnno3'-bird a share of the 

 booty. They also insist tluit sometimes the honey-bird will lead a man 

 to a serpent or wild beast ; and, sure enough, Dr. Mearns was once thus 

 led up to a rhinoceros. While camped on the 'Nzoi, the honey-birds 

 were almost a. nuisance. They were very common, and were continually 

 accompanying vis as we hunted, flying from tree to tree, and never 

 ceasing their harsh chatter. Several times we fi)llowed birds, which in 

 every case led us to bee-trees, and then perched quietly by until the gun- 

 bearers and porters got out the honey, which we found excellent eating." 



Several other interesting passages about Birds will be 

 fouiul in Mr. Roosevelt's narrative — see p. 130 (the dancing 

 of the Black Whydali-bird), p. 208 (the water-birds of 

 Lake Naivasha), and p. 390 (the abundance of bird-life iu 

 Ijado). 



Tn the vicinity of Lake No the Shoe-billed Stork {Bakeni- 

 ceps rex) was met with, and a nest with 'Hvvo downy young- 

 ones " was discovered. " Tiie nest was placed right on the 

 marsli water: the birds had bent the long blades of marsh 

 grass into an interlacing foundation, and on this had piled 

 grass cut by their beaks." 



No one interested in Africa and its wonders should omit 

 to read Mr. Boosevelt's attiactive account of his 'Game- 

 trails.' 



55. Riiboiv on the Common Gull. 



[Dansk Fugleliv Stormmaaiien dens liv i billcder Fotograferet efter 

 Naturen af C. p{ubow. Copenhagen, 1910. 8vo, .3 pp., So illustrations.] 



This series of photographs of the Common Gull from 

 various points of view, and particularly those of a breeding- 

 colony, the nests, eggs, and yoimg, makes a charming 

 pamphlet. We hope that the author will turn his attention 

 to the rarer species, of which the haunts are less easy of 

 access, and give us similar pictures of their home-life. 



56. Salvadori and Festa on a neiv Thinocorys. 



[Nuove specie dei genere Thbiocorys, descritte da T. Salvadori e 

 E. Festa. Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, xxxv. Num. 631 (lOlO).J 



Thinocorys pallida., from Ecuador {Festa^, is described as 

 a new species allied to T. ruinicivorus, but much paler 

 above. 



