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Further Notes on the Birds of the Province of Fukien in South 

 East China. By J. D. D. La Touche. 

 This is a short pamphlet reprinted from the Ibis, containing a list 

 of birds which have been received from Foochow during the past 

 four years. Quite a few have not been recorded previously. The 

 names are in Latin, the description is in English. 



A Key to the Birds of the Lower Yangtze Valley. By N. Gisi 

 Gee and Lacy I. Moffet, Shanghai Mercury, Ltd., 1917. 



This is an. exceedingly useful volume for the general traveller and 

 holiday makers on the Yangtze. Every visitor to the mountain resorts, 

 or, those living in the valley of the valley of the Yangtze should have 

 it ; it will greatly help them to know the birds they see. An acquain- 

 tance with birds and flowers greatly enhances the pleasures of life. 

 The old verse which says God gave names to the animals is full of 

 significance and should not be forgotten by observers of the Creator's 

 handiwork. 



We were almost afraid to take the book up lest it prove to be 

 nothing but a scientific list, that would be of no use to any bird or 

 ordinary man, but only to the expert with a huge memory for names. 

 It has been an agreeable surprise to see such full descriptions of the 

 birds, and much entertaining matter. M. 



Kiao Ou Ki Lio. (Varietes Sinologiques, No. 47). Par le E. P. 



Jerome Tobar, S.J. 

 This, the latest number of the Varietes Sinologiques, is also the 

 last work of the Rev. Father Jerome Tobar, who finished his earthly 

 course on September 3rd, 1917 ; and it may be well to recall what 

 manner of man this was. The late Father Tobar was a Spaniard, a 

 native of Burgos, and was born in 1855. After completing the usual 

 classical studies, he offered himself to the Society of Jesus, but was 

 refused admission to the noviciate, because of delicate health, and (we 

 are told) "a cause peut-etre aussi de quel que originalite." At any 

 rate, he took an original way of establishing his delicate health, for 

 he became a subaltern in the Carlist army, and after sharing its mis- 

 fortunes, was interned in France when the final crash came. Here he 

 and his fellows were regarded as sufferers for right and order, and the 

 petting received, and perhaps the open-air life of the soldier, seem to 

 have suited the young Spaniard ; for we hear no more of the delicate 

 health, and in 1878 he was accepted by the Society of Jesus, and in 



