Uecenflij puhl'islied Oniitliuloyicul IVorks. 1-45 



synonjans which they never qvioted — e. g., " Basileutencs 

 trlafriatus meridanus Shavpe^' {op. cit. p. 47). Sharpe 

 detested trinomials and never used them. He called them 

 ^^ destructive/^ and he was not far from right I In the 

 present paper most of the species have three names, and, 

 including the authority, four. What has become of the 

 " binomial " system ? 



Hennicke on Bird-jjrotection. 



[Vogelscliutzbuch von Dr. Carl B. Heunicke. Mit 8 Taf. unci 60 

 Abbild. im Text: pp. vi+126. Stuttgart (Streckor ii. ScliWider) [1912]. 

 8vo.] 



This little work, which forms one of a series known as the 

 " Naturwissenschiiftliche Wegweiser," deals with a subject 

 which has made much progress in Germany of late years. 

 After two short chapters on the sesthetic and economic 

 bases for bird-protection, follow more practical directions 

 for attaining this object by tree- and shrub-planting, winter 

 feeding, providing nest-boxes, and other methods, and, 

 finally, a resume of the legislative enactments for bird- 

 protection in the principal European countries. INIost of 

 the methods recommended are based on those of Freiherr 

 von Berlepsch. 



Hopkinson on the Birds of the Gambia. 



[The Gambia, its History, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern, together 

 with its Geographical, Geological, and Ethnographical Conditions, and 

 a Description of the Birds, Beasts, and Fishes found therein. B}' Henry 

 Fen^vick Reeve, C.M.G. 1 vol., 4to. London (Smith & Elder), 1912.] 



This is a volume on the little-known English territory of 

 " The Gambia,^' on the west coast of Africa, and will be A^ery 

 useful to anyone going to that Colony or interested in its 

 \\elfare. 



It contains, as will be seen by its title, information on 

 a considerable number of subjects, and amongst others a 

 chapter on the Birds (part iii. pp. 210-233) prepared by 

 Dr. Hopkinson, D.S.O. Their correct scientific names are 

 given in most cases, and a few short notes on their habits. 



See on this subject Rendall, Ibis, 1892, p. 215. 



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