Recently published Ornithological Works. 161 
35. Southwell on the Breeding of the Crane in East Anglia. 
[On the Breeding of the Crane in East Anglia. By Thomas Southwell, 
r.Z.S. Trans. Norf. & Norw. Nat. Soc. vii. pp. 160-170.] 
In this article Mr. Southwell has put together many 
interesting notices respecting the habitual use of the Crane 
for food in England in former days. On one celebrated 
occasion in the reign of Edward lY. as many as 204 of these 
unfortunate fowls were included in the bill of fare. As 
regards the regular breeding of the Crane in the Eastern 
Counties, though this was probably the case, the evidence is 
but scanty. It appears certain, however, that on the 4th 
June, ] 543, a '^ yong pyper Crane,^^ which could hardly have 
been bred elsewhere, was obtained at Hickling. in Norfolk; 
and Dr. William Turner, iu his ' Avium Historia ' (1544), is 
most precise in his statement that iu his days Cranes nested 
in the English marshes and that he had often seen their 
'^ pipiones/' 
36. Stark's ' Birds of South Africa.' 
[The Fauna of South Africa. Birds : Vol. II. By A. 0. Stark, M.B . 
Completed by W. L. Sclater, M.A., F.Z.S. London, 1901. R. H. Porter. 
Pp. xiv&323. (C/". Ibis, 1900, p. 394.) Price2l5.net.] 
The present volume of the ' Birds of South Africa ' has 
been completed by Mr. W. L. Sclater, the Editor of the 
Series, owing to the sad death of Dr. Stark during the siege 
of Ladysmith. The manuscript had been finished by the 
author, but required a considerable amount of revision and 
addition to bring it up to date ; so that Mr. Sclater found 
it no slight task to prepare the sheets for the press, though 
as to the successful nature of his efforts there can be no two 
opinions. Mr. A. D, Millar of Durban, Dr. A. Reichenow 
of Berlin, Capt. Shelley, and Dr. Sclater are specially 
mentioned in the Preface as having given considerable 
assistance. 
The families treated in this instalment are the Laniidae, 
Crateropodidae, Sylviidse, Turdidse, Muscicapidae, Dicruridae, 
Campophagidae, Hirundinidae, and Pittidae, while the plan and 
arrangement of the whole work have been already noticed in 
SER. VIII. VOL. II. M 
