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out the Kast; while Willoughby writes that the Icelanders of his 
day were in the habit of snaring the Great Northern Diver. It 
may thus be seen that a history of fowling must embrace a wide 
area of observation, and might be treated ethnologically as well 
as ornithologically; in fact, should Mr. Macpherson issue a sup- 
plement to this very interesting work, or bring out a new edition 
of the same, he might with advantage peruse some ethnological 
literature, from which he would doubtless glean fresh facts. 
This publication is a standard one, and is of more than orni- 
thological interest ; it will be consulted and quoted by the ever- 
increasing number of anthropologists who study the evolution of 
human crafts and customs. 
Notre.—We have received the following communication from 
the author :— 
The History of Fowling.—I1 should be glad if you would kindly allow 
me to correct, through ‘The Zoologist,’ a slight misconception which is 
embodied in the above work. The description of taking the Bush Warbler 
(Cettia cantans) in Japan, supplied at page 129, should refer to the Chinese 
Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) instead of to the former species. 
Both are favourite cage-birds in Japan.—H. A. MacPHERson. 
Elephant-Hunting in East Equatorial Africa. By Artuur H. 
NEuMANN. Rowland Ward, Limited. 
AuTHouGHs the principal details of this book are of an Elephant- 
or ivory-hunting description, its perusal will provide the zoologist 
with some facts and observations not only relating to the huge 
Proboscideans who were the principal aim of the expedition, but 
also as regards other animals with which the writer came in 
contact. There are also various conclusions scattered in its 
pages as to the restricted areas of Antelopes, &c., which will 
serve as material towards discussing some of the problems of 
specific separation. 
Mr. Neumann started from Mombasa, and his two expeditions 
were confined to Eastern Equatorial Africa, a region still teeming 
with big game. He gives a verbal picture of the profuse animal 
life he met with on one of his excursions from El Bogoi. A large 
patch of thorn forest, fairly open, was ‘‘simply filled with Hle- 
phants standing, mostly in clumps, here and there all through it.” 
“Such a sight I never beheld. It reminded me of pictures in 
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