318 Recently jmblislted Ornithological Works. 



Horshrugh on South African Game-birds. 



[The Game-birds and Water-fowl of South Africa. By Major Boyd 

 Ilorsbrugl), with Coloured Plates by Sergeant C. G. Daviea. xii 4- 

 160 pp., 65 pis. London (Witherby), 1912. 4to.] 



This work, now completed, was issued in four parts, the 

 first o£ wliicli lias already been noticed (' Ibis/ 1912, p. 670). 

 The three remaining parts deal with Francolins, Quails, 

 Guinea-fowls, Sand-grouse, Pigeons, and Ducks, and th.e 

 last plate illustrates the Iladadah Ibis. It is a little diffi- 

 cult to understand on what principle this last bird and some 

 others were selected to the exclusion of such forms as the 

 Bald Ibis, the Cranes, and Flamingos, but we may conclude 

 that only those species are noticed which ordinarily come in 

 the way of the sportsman for whom the book is obviously 

 designed. The coloured figures are accurately drawn and 

 coloured, though perhaps in some cases the attitudes are a 

 little stiff, but they reflect great credit on Sergeant Davies, 

 who has in most cases watched the originals in their native 

 haunts. The letterpress is short and to the point, and is 

 largely founded on the information in Sclater & StarVs 

 ' Fauna of South Africa/ supplemented by field-notes by 

 the author and the artist; the latter's experiences having 

 been in Pondoland and East Griqualand, while those of 

 Major Horshrugh himself were chiefly in the Orange Free 

 State and Transvaal. The work will be most useful to all 

 sportsmen and naturalists living in South Africa. 



Howard on British Warblers. 



[The British Warblers : a History with Problems of their Lives. By 

 H. Eliot Howard. Pt. 7 ; 74 pp., 3 col., 5 plain pis. & 2 maps. London 

 (Porter), 1912. 8vo.] 



In this part of his work Mr. Howard gives us a short 

 account of the Great Reed- and Aquatic Warblers and a 

 very full life-history of the Marsh-Warbler. The two 

 former call for no special comment, but the last is 

 pai'ticularly interesting to those who study this group of 

 birds, both on account of its likeness to the Reed- Warbler, 



