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in a few moments, ami then the next pair are dealt with in the same

way. Continuous work of this kind from daylight to dark results in

two things, a vast pile of carcasses of the dead parents, stripped of their

beautiful plumes, and thousands of young birds left to starve to death

in misery in their nests.


“Such was the scene that I saw repeated over and over and over

and over again on my journey southward. Not only were the Heron

rookeries dealt with in this way, but on one large island I counted

scores upon scores of dead Brown Pelicans, stripped of their plumage,

and in the trees overhead were countless nests, which at the time of my

visit contained the bodies of young birds. Flocks of Buzzards slept,

gorged, on the naked limbs hard by, attesting to the horrible slaughter

by the countless dead they left untouched.”


But enough of this sickening storjq we advise all our

readers to peruse the book if they want a treat, especially let

them read carefully the chapter entitled “A Naturalists’

Vision,” for Mr. Scott is a most enthusiastic aviculturist, with

some four or five hundred birds which are kept under constant

observation.



THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA*


The third volume of this work has now been published

some months, and quite equals the former volumes in excellence.

Mr. W. L. Sclater is alone responsible for it, although the late

Dr. Stark’s note books were at his disposal. The present volume

treats of 183 species included in the orders Picarice, Psittaci,

Sttiges, and Accipitres. There are a great many admirable text-

figures mostly by Mr. Gronvold. The fourth volume will

complete this most useful work.



The Birds of Souih Africa, commenced by Arthur Stark, M.B. Vol. III., by W. I*.

Sclater, M.A., F.Z.S. London, R. H. Porter.



