Recently published Ornithological Works. 395 
follow any failure on their part to leave the honey-bird a share of the 
booty. They also insist that sometimes the honey-bird will lead a man 
to a serpent or wild beast; and, sure enough, Dr. Mearns was once thus 
led up to a rhinoceros. While camped on the ’Nzoi, the honey-birds 
were almost a nuisance. They were very common, and were continually 
accompanying us as we hunted, flying from tree to tree, and never 
ceasing their harsh chatter. Several times we followed birds, which in 
every case led us to bee-trees, and then perched quietly by until the gun- 
bearers and porters got out the honey, which we found excellent eating.” 
Several other interesting passages about Birds will be 
found in Mr. Roosevelt's narrative—see p. 130 (the dancing 
of the Black Whydah-bird), p. 208 (the water-birds of 
Lake Naivasha), and p. 390 (the abundance of bird-life in 
Lado). 
In the vicinity of Lake No the Shoe-billed Stork ( Balceni - 
ceps rex) was met with, and a nest with “ two downy young 
ones " was discovered. ee The nest was placed right on the 
marsh water : the birds had bent the long blades of marsh 
grass into an interlacing foundation, and on this had piled 
grass cut by their beaks." 
No one interested in Africa and its wonders should omit 
to read Mr. Roosevelt's attractive account of his ‘ Game- 
trails.' 
55. Rubow on the Common Gull. 
[Dansk Fugleliv Stormmaagen dens liv i billeder Fotograferet efter 
Naturen af C. Bubow. Copenhagen, 1910. 8vo, 3 pp., 25 illustrations.] 
This series of photographs of the Common Gull from 
various points of view, and particularly those of a breeding- 
colony, the nests, eggs, and young, makes a charming 
pamphlet. We hope that the author will turn his attention 
to the rarer species, of which the haunts are less easy of 
access, and give us similar pictures of their home-life. 
56. Salvadori and Festa on a new Thinocorys. 
[Nuove specie dei genere Thinocorys , descritte da T. Salvadori e 
E. Festa. Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, xxxv. Num. 631 (1910).] 
Thinocorys pallida , from Ecuador (Festal), is described as 
a new species allied to T. rumicivorus , but much paler 
above. 
