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Africa, and his place has been taken by a whilom contributor to 

 ' The Zoologist '—Mr. J. A. S. Bucknill, author of the ' Birds of 

 Surrey.' The ' Annals of the Natal Government Museum ' are 

 edited by its Director, Mr. Ernest Warren. 



The South African ornithologists are giving much attention 

 to the nests and eggs of South African birds, and the ' Journal ' 

 of the Union contains some excellent photographs of the first, 

 and some chromo-plates of the latter, the eggs being in the first 

 instance drawn by Mr. Gronvold. There is a wide field for work 

 in this direction, and the results will supplement Stark and 

 Sclater's ' Birds of South Africa,' volumes which have also only 

 appeared during the last ten years. 



The Durban publication opens with descriptions of new fishes 

 from the coast of Natal, by Mr. C. Tate Began, and Pisces alone 

 would almost occupy naturalists at this port. Marine Mollusca, 

 a kindred subject, occupies the pen of Mr. Edgar A. Smith, whilst 

 the Director writes on Botifers, Hydroids, &c. 



May some other outlying posts of the British Empire soon 

 follow this excellent example. 



