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XVII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



Alexander on Boyd Alexander' s Last Journey. 



[Boyd Alexander's Last Journey. With a Memoir, by Herbert 

 Alexander. 296 pp. London (Edward Arnold), 1912.] 



We are all glad to be able to read the journal kept by 

 our friend and colleague, the late Boyd Alexander, during 

 his last memorable expedition. After examining the islands 

 in the Gulf of Guinea, and making complete collections of 

 their birds, he took a long turn northwards to the Lake 

 Chad district, intending to make his way liome by the 

 dangerous route through Wadai, on the confines of which 

 he lost his life. 



The part of his Diary in the present volume relates 

 to his journey through the German Colony of Cameroon, 

 where he met with a most friendly reception, but he like- 

 wise received efficient assistance from the French officers in 

 the Chad district, and it was by their assistance, we believe, 

 that his last collections and notes were recovered and brought 

 home. No better testimonial to his memory and fame 

 could have been made than the publication of the diary of 

 his last journey, which is now before us. It is prefaced by 

 an accotint of his childhood, education, and early days, and, 

 besides other illustrations, contains an excellent likeness of 

 our much lamented friend. 



For further details on Boyd Alexander's life and work 

 Mr. Ogiivie-Grant's excellent article in ' The Ibis ' for 1910 

 (p. 716) should be consulted. 



Alston on the Highlands of Scotland. 



[Wild Life in the West Highlands. By Charles Henry Alston. 

 With illustrations by A. Scott Ranldn. xii -{- 272 pp., 9 pis. Glasgow 

 (Maelehose), 1912. 8vo. Price 6.s.] 



Mr. Alston has reprinted a series of essays on natural 

 history subjects, most of which originally appearea in the 

 ' Scotsman.^ One of these deals with the White-tailed Eagle, 

 ■which is chiefly made up from quotations from Gray and 



