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Neumann, O. Neue und wenig bekannte afrikanische Vogel. Ornith. 
Monatsb., vil., pp. 23-26. 1899. 
Among new South African birds here described are Poto- 
cephalus meyers transvaalensis, and Nunuda transvaalensis, both 
from the Transvaal. 
ReicHenow, A. Die Vogel Afrikas, vol. i, part 1, pp. 1-320. 
Neudamm, Neumann, 1900. Large 8vo. © 
The first half of the first volume of a new work on African 
birds; the present portion contains a long introduction and 
list of literature, followed by a systematic account of the species 
of Gulls, Waders, and Game birds. 
SCLATER, W. L. On a Collection of Birds from Inhambane, 
Portuguese East Africa. With field-notes by H. F. Francis. 
Ibis (7), v., 1899, pp. 111-115, 283-268. 
Out of 25 species mentioned, two, Hrythrocercus franciscy and 
Xenocichla debilis are believed to be new, and three, Pternistes 
hunboldti, Cossypha quadrivirgata and Sycobrotus stictufrons 
are new to the South African fauna. 
‘SHARPE, R. B. On a Collection of Birds obtained by Mr. H. 5. H. 
Cavendish, in Mozambique. Ibis (7), vi., pp. 109-115. 1900. 
Mr. Cavendish, the well-known African traveller, paid a short 
visit to Southern Mozambique in the autumn of 1898, and 
collected examples of 37 species of birds in the neighbourhood 
of Beira and in the Cheringoma district; one species, a rol 
bekje, is new to science, and several others to the South African 
fauna. 
SHELLEY, G. H. The Birds of Africa. Vol. i., part.i., pp. 1-160, 
pls. i.-vil., part 1., pp. 161-348, pls. vili—xiv. London, R. H. 
Porter, 1900, large 8vo. 
The present volume of this work, the first volume of which 
-was published in 1896, contains an account of the Pittas, 
Sunbirds, Long-tailed Sugar Birds, White-eyes, Hill-Tits, Tits, 
Creepers, and Wagtails. 
