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whereas this is simply the Portuguese name of the Rhea, also, and 

 in this case correctly mentioned ; and the celebrated plumes of 

 the Egret or " garca " are said to be taken from the head of the 

 male, whereas they are found in both sexes, and only occur on 

 the head as well as the back in the smaller species {Leucophoyx 

 candidissima), the large and widely-distributed White Egret 

 (Herodias) having them on the back only. However, the two 

 chapters on the fauna form interesting and useful reading, as 

 also do the remarks on live stock. It is satisfactory to hear that 

 the " Zebus " or humped Oriental cattle have been successfully 

 introduced into a climate so suitable for them, and very interest- 

 ing as well that the purely red Devon among our own breeds 

 puts on more weight than the Durham or Hereford Ox. Among 

 poultry, the Leghorn and Plymouth Eock are mentioned as 

 thriving well, and it may be more than a coincidence that both 

 these are yellow-legged breeds. The latter has a good name in 

 this country for resisting cold and wet, and so has the Romney 

 Marsh Sheep, another home breed which is well suited, it 

 appears, to tropical conditions, so that special breeds of domestic 

 animals, as well as species of wild ones, like the common Rat 

 and Rock-Pigeon, may at times exhibit hardiness in face of 

 opposite climatic conditions. The Goat is noticed as thriving, 

 as in Europe, where other beasts would starve. 



The Austral Avian Record. Edited by Gregory M. Mathews. 



Vol.ii. No. 7. London : Witherby & Go. 1915. ls.6d. 



This publication, which is, in the present instance, written as 

 well as edited by Mr. Mathews, is " devoted primarily to the 

 study of the Australian Avifauna " ; the department of that 

 study, with which it is especially concerned, appears to be the 

 determination of names and the description of new subspecies, 

 so that it is not necessary to do more than draw attention to its 

 existence in a periodical which concerns itself so little with such 

 subjects as does the ' Zoologist.' 



Report of the Punjab Department of Fisheries. Lahore. 1914. 9d. 

 This first and annual report of the Fishery Department in 

 the Punjab has some valuable information on the subject offish- 

 culture in that part of India. Fish-culture in that country 

 labours under many difficulties; poaching is rampant, and 



