5 [Vol. xix. 



Another important publication on African Birds has only 

 been completed this year, by the issue of the foarth and last 

 volume of Messrs. A. C. Stark and W. L. Sclater^s ' Birds of 

 South Africa.'' In this work our brethren of the South 

 African Ornithologists' Union will find, I believe, a con- 

 venient Manual for their use. They will also no doubt 

 largely supplement the information that it contains on the 

 800 species described in it, besides making many additions 

 to the List. 



For information on new researches in the Oriental Region 

 I must refer Members to the pages of 'Novitates Zoologicse/ 

 where the collectors employed by the Tring Museum are 

 shown to be always busy in investigating new or little-known 

 insular Faunas. But I must not fail also to call attention 

 to Mr. Goodfellow's remarkable discoveries in the highlands 

 of Mindanao, which have been lately described by Mr. Ogilvie- 

 Grant in ' The Ibis/ nor to that adventurous explorer^s still 

 more recent investigations in the mountains of Formosa, an 

 account of which the same author proposes to publish in 

 one of the next numbers of the above-mentioned journal. 



Proceeding now to the recent ornithological events of the 

 Palsearctic Region, one of the most noteworthy is, I think, 

 the commencement of several new works on its Oology. 

 Mr. Dresser has already issued the first two numbers 

 of his ' Eggs of the Birds of Europe,' and has shown 

 us further proofs of his well-known skill in producing 

 pictures of these attractive objects. We wish him every 

 sort of success in bringing his labours to a conclusion, 

 and are sure that he will be well supported by his friends. 

 Mr. Jourdain's ' Eggs of European Birds,' so far as it has 

 proceeded, also deserves commendation, especially as regards 

 its letterpress. Krause's '^Oologia universalis Palyearctica ' 

 is not, in my opinion, quite so successful, but may prove to 

 be a useful work. 



Two raids into parts of the Palsearctic Region hitherto 

 ornithologically unknown deserve to be mentioned. The 

 British Expedition to Lhasa was accompanied by an excel- 

 lent Naturalist, Captain Walton, M.B.O.U,, who has favoured 



