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The Emu. 
Theology and Ornithology. — Missionaries, although 
they have often good opportunities, are, as a rule, poor natural 
history collectors. A notable exception is mentioned in the 
Presbyterian Messenger of 4th October last. Some Roman 
Catholic missionaries in Shen-si, a remote inland province of 
China, happen to be men with a turn for ornithology. The 
museum at South Kensington has recently been the recipient of 
a case of birds collected by these ardent naturalists during the 
continuance of the Boxer outbreak of last year. 
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An Example for the Australasian O.U. — American 
milliners are likely to cause the extermination of sea birds, 
especially Gulls and Terns, on the coast of the United States, and 
as Gulls are useful scavengers, as well as a charm of the seaside, 
the committee of the American Ornithologists' Union has under- 
taken to guard and protect their nurseries. 
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A South American " Sparrow."— The strange table-land 
of Mount Roraima, in British Guiana, which is some 8,700 
feet above sea level, has been visited for the second time by 
Messrs. F. V. M'Connell and J. J. Quelch on a collecting 
expedition. The only bird noted is a new species of Zonotrtchia 
{Z. inacconnelli). A coloured plate in the Trans. Lin. Soc. 
(vol. viii., part 2) figures this new member of what Darwin 
{Journal of Researches') called the " Sparrows " of South 
America, as well as Z. pileata, from which Dr. Sharpe says it 
is distinguished by being ''a larger and darker bird, much 
greyer, and with the rump and flanks dark grey instead of 
brown." Were Sparrows here as handsome many would 
forgive their introducer. 
Review. 
["The Birds of Siberia: a Record of a Naturalist's Visit to the Valleys of the 
Petchora and Yenesei." By Henry Seebohm, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S. With map 
and illustrations. London : John Murray, Albemarle-street, 1901.] 
This interesting volume contains the narrative of the late Mr. 
Seebohm's two Siberian expeditions — the first undertaken in 
1875, in company with Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, to the valley of 
the Petchora River ; the other to the River Yenesei, in 1877, when 
he had for a companion Capt. Wiggins, the well-known Siberian 
navigator. The results of these journeys were published in 
"Siberia in Europe" (1880) and "Siberia in Asia" (1882) 
respectively. Both these works having passed out of print, it 
was arranged to combine them in one volume. 
The work is of peculiar value to Australians, because many 
Australian migratory birds to and from high northern latitudes 
