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SowerBy, T. L. On a collection of Birds from Fort Chiquaqua, 
Mashonaland, with notes by R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. Ibis. 
(7), iv., pp. 567-575, pl. xii., fig 1. 1898. 
Fort Chiquaqua is about eighteen miles E.S.H. of Salisbury ; 
48 species of birds were obtained, and among them were two: 
Angolan forms new to South Africa, viz.—Melierax mechowt 
and Monticola angolensis, as well as a new species of Barbet, 
Smilorhis sowerbyt, which is figured on the plate. 
Stark, A.C. The Birds of South Africa. Vol. i., pp. 1-322. London,. 
R. H: Porter, 1900. 8vo: 
The present volume is the first of a series in which it is 
proposed to give an account of the Fauna of South Africa south 
of the Zambezi and Cunene Rivers; it contains on account of 
182 species, about half the Passerine birds and about a quarter 
of the total number of species to be treated of. Owing to the 
lamented death of the author during the siege of Ladysmith, 
there will be some little delay before the work can be completed. 
Woopwarp, R. B. and J.D. 8S. Natal Birds. Pp, 1-215. Pieter-- 
maritzburg. P. Davis & Sons. 1899. 
A very useful little manual on the Birds of Natal, with 
descriptions of plumage and habits. 386 species are included 
in the work. 
Woopwakp, R. B. and J. D. S. Further Notes on the Birds of 
Zululand. Ibis (7), iv., pp. 216-228. 1898. On the Birds of 
St. Lucia Lake in Zululand. Ibis (7), vi., pp. 517-525. 1900. 
A further contribution to the history of the birds of Zululand, 
consisting of an account of two journeys through the country, 
with incidental remarks on many of the birds there met with. 
REPIILA, AND ANP EBT: 
Haacner, A. C. Notes on the Cape Monitor (Varanus albigularis).. 
Zoologist (4), ui., p. 226. 1899. 
Note on habits of captivity. 
