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necessarily seem ambitious. Mark Anthony said of Julius Caesar :

“ If this in Caesar seemed ambitious, then it was a grievous fault.”

But this cannot be laid at our door, for our ambition is made of nobler

stuff, we are only ambitious for the common good of the members.

There are still many Pheasant fanciers who belong to the Avicultural

Society but not to the O.P.S. Once more may I urge such fanciers to

join us. Every member helps, it is not so much the financial aspect that

concerns us, although we will admit that money is important, but it is

the moral effect of a large and ever-growing membership that must tell

the tale. The subscription is a paltry 5s.


Miss Grant-Ives,


Wellesbourne, Warwick.



REVIEWS


Faraone e Tacchini (Guinea Fowl and Turkeys). By Alessandro

Ghigi. Publisher : Ubrico Hoepli. Price 26 lire.


My very slight knowledge of Italian does not allow me to do justice

to this little book, but for those who can read it it is packed with

information on everything concerning Guineafowl and Turkeys, their

habits, feeding, breeding, rearing, and diseases, and how to treat them.


The book is copiously illustrated with coloured plates, besides

numerous studies of feathers to display their marking as a means of

identifying the numerous species and hybrids.


It is much to be hoped that an English translation will appear, as

this would add greatly to the usefulness of the book.


Dr. Alessandro Ghigi is to be congratulated on having produced

such a handy little volume.


E. F. C.



Birds oe Cape York Peninsula. By Donald F. Thompson, D.Sc.,

Eesearch Fellow University of Melbourne. Is. 6d. post free.

Angus and Robertson, Ltd.


The three expeditions to North Queensland, of which the results

are given in this book, were undertaken with the approval and support



