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authority on the Birds of Capeland, Major Horsbrugh, are 

 excellent. The first ten plates are devoted to the Bustards 

 {Otidldce), a very prominent group in South Africa. These 

 are followed by the Uyo Thicknees and the Snipes^ and a 

 Francolin concludes the present number. 



97. ' Irish Naturalist,' 



[The Irish Naturalist. A Monthly Journal of General Irish Natural 

 History. Vol. xxi. Nos. 3-7 (March-July, 1912).] 



In the March number Professor Patten of Sheffield recorded 

 as obtained at the Tuskar Rock three birds, which he coii- 

 sidered to be new to the Irish list, namely, Motacilla flava, 

 Acrocephalus streperus, and Alauda cantarella. He hopes to 

 make a continuous study of Bird-migration at various Irish 

 Lighthouses, and that his stay at the Tuskar may only be 

 the first of such visits. In the April number he admits that 

 the Reed Warbler had been twice obtained previout-ly, and 

 Dr. Barrington expresses doubt as to the identification of 

 the other birds. In the July number Professor Patten writes 

 on the White Wagtail and the Wren at the Tuskar. 



Pastor Lindner gives a supplementary note on '^' Luminous 

 Birds," and suggests that the luminosity may be due to a 

 local micro-organism (alga). Mr. Delap writes on a north- 

 westerly autumn migration of Swallows at Rosslare, and 

 Dr. Barrington follows with a note to call attention to its 

 importance. 



98. Italian Revieiv of Ornithulogy. 



[Revista Italiana di Oruitologia. Anno I., Nr. 1-2. Bologna, 1912.] 

 It is pleasant to record the foundation of a new periodical 

 devoted to Ornithology, as we now do under the heading- 

 given above. It is also pleasant to see several well-known 

 names among those of the Editors and Contributors. Our 

 old friend Count Salvadori writes on the much vexed question 

 of Saxicola stapazina and its allied forms : he is not inclined 

 to admit the specific identity of the black-throated and white- 

 throated birds. Dr. E. Arrigoni degli Oddi and Dr. G. 

 Damiani give us an excellent account of the birds of the 



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