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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  game 
  that 
  they 
  kill. 
  The 
  Mammals 
  naturally 
  occupy 
  the 
  

   most 
  prominent 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  volume, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  chapters 
  

   on 
  the 
  Francolins, 
  Quails, 
  Guinea-fowl, 
  Sand-Grouse, 
  and 
  

   other 
  " 
  game-birds.'^ 
  Considerable 
  trouble 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  

   with 
  the 
  compilation 
  o£ 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  Short 
  

   descriptions 
  are 
  given 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  species, 
  and 
  good 
  original 
  

   notes 
  on 
  the 
  babits, 
  from 
  the 
  observations 
  of 
  the 
  authors, 
  are 
  

   added. 
  These 
  experienced 
  observers 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  

   well 
  affected 
  towards 
  the 
  Secretary-bird 
  [Serpentarius 
  secre- 
  

   tarius). 
  " 
  It 
  may 
  possibly 
  content 
  itself, 
  when 
  other 
  food 
  is 
  

   unobtainable, 
  with 
  a 
  diminutive 
  reptile 
  or 
  snake, 
  as 
  will 
  

   several 
  of 
  the 
  Hawk 
  and 
  Eagle 
  tribe, 
  the 
  Bateleur 
  or 
  Short- 
  

   tailed 
  Eagle 
  [Helotarsus 
  caiidatus) 
  being 
  an 
  even 
  more 
  

   formidable 
  antagonist 
  in 
  this 
  resjaect. 
  The 
  natives 
  term 
  

   this 
  bird 
  Bulai-nogha 
  (snake-killer) 
  or 
  Peekeewe. 
  Although 
  

   opinions 
  differ, 
  those 
  who 
  really 
  have 
  iiad 
  proper 
  oppor- 
  

   tunities 
  of 
  judging 
  will 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  Secretary-bird 
  should 
  

   itself 
  be 
  exterminated 
  whenever 
  occasion 
  offers, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   only 
  a 
  most 
  destructive 
  enemy 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  all 
  feathered 
  

   game, 
  but 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  antelopes 
  and 
  

   hares. 
  Instances 
  of 
  its 
  susceptibility 
  to 
  this 
  description 
  

   of 
  food 
  are 
  too 
  numerous 
  to 
  mention, 
  while 
  others 
  can 
  

   be 
  adduced 
  in 
  which 
  these 
  gay 
  deceivers 
  will 
  most 
  carefully 
  

   avoid 
  coming 
  into 
  contact 
  with 
  even 
  small 
  snakes.'' 
  

  

  The 
  rare 
  Duck 
  Thalassomis 
  leuconota 
  was 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  

   Vaalpens 
  Pass 
  in 
  Bechuanaland 
  in 
  1881, 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  Lake 
  

   Ngami 
  (see 
  footnote, 
  p. 
  125 
  of 
  the 
  book). 
  The 
  plates 
  of 
  

   this 
  volume 
  which 
  are 
  devoted 
  to 
  birds 
  will 
  no 
  doubt 
  be 
  

   of 
  material 
  assistance 
  to 
  the 
  sportsman 
  in 
  identifying 
  the 
  

   species, 
  but 
  we 
  cannot 
  view 
  them 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  great 
  

   artistic 
  skill, 
  as 
  the 
  authors 
  themselves 
  appear 
  to 
  do. 
  

  

  36. 
  North 
  on 
  Australian 
  Nests 
  and 
  Eggs. 
  

  

  [Supplement 
  to 
  the 
  Descriptive 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  ' 
  Nests 
  and 
  Eggs 
  of 
  Birds 
  

   found 
  breeding 
  in 
  Australia 
  and 
  Tasmania.' 
  Part 
  II. 
  By 
  A. 
  J. 
  North, 
  

   F.L.S. 
  Rec. 
  Australian 
  Mus. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  11.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  North 
  gives 
  us 
  the 
  second 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  Supplement 
  to 
  

   his 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Nests 
  and 
  Eggs 
  of 
  Australian 
  Birds, 
  the 
  

   first 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  already 
  noticed 
  (Ibis, 
  1892, 
  

  

  