')~y2 Letters, Eat/acts, and Xutes. 



( Vinago delalandei orientalis, P'tsorhiiia capensis jmsillu, and 

 G/aucidium capense riifam) already described in the * Annals 

 of the Transvaal ]\Iusenm.' 



]\Ir. Haagncr furnishes a further note on the mandi- 

 l)nlar hook of the Houey-Gnide (S. Afr. Journ. VM7 , \). 1), 

 now found in Indicator major as well as in 7. varieyatns. 

 Bird Notes from East London by Mr. Wood, and a reco) d 

 of the lilack-tailed Godwit from Durban by Mr. E. C 

 Chubb, conclude the part, except for the obituai'ies of 

 Mr. A. D. Millar and Capt. Shelley. 



88. Thomson 07i Bird- M ark ing. 



[The Possibilities of Bird-Marking', with special reference to the 

 Aberdeen I'uiversity Bird-Migration Inquiry. By A. Landsborouijli 

 Thomson, lleprinted from I'roc. Roy. I'hys. Soc. Ediub. vol, xviii. 

 pp. 204-218.] 



The author discusses the \arions metliods of markius: 

 birds, the valus of the results, and the history of the 

 development of the inquiry. The results obtained are then 

 considered, and an important account added of those of the 

 Aberdeen scheme in particular. This excellent pamphlet 

 should be in the hands of all our readers. 



XXVIl. — Letters, Extracts, and A'^ofes. 



We have received the following letter addressed to the 

 Editors : — 



Sirs, — In your January issue, page 198, under the heading 

 of " Mathews on the Birds of Australia," there appears the 

 following : — " On the first page we have a reference to 

 Mr. H. G. Barnard's statement in 'The Emu ^ that the 

 eggs of Rallina tricolor are white, a fact entirely opposed to 

 previous experience ; we should be inclined to agree with 

 Mr. Mathews, and ask whether a single clutch might not be 

 white, while normal eggs are spotted." 



The eggs in question were collected by Mr. ]];;rnard for 

 me, so you will perhaps excuse my taking exception to the 



