364 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
writes on the subject, and much from the excellent little 
sketches which he introduces into his text. It has been 
stated elsewhere that the Wood-Hoopoe {Irrisor) climbs trees 
like a Creeper, but this has never been so clearly shown as 
in Mr. Chapman's drawing (p. 243), which we have kindly 
been allowed to reproduce. 
Text-fig. 8.. 
The appendix of “ rough veld-notes on bird-life in British 
East Africa/' which concludes the volume, is, in our opinion, 
by no means so “ valueless to the scientific ornithologist" 
as the author supposes. It presents us with a good 
general idea of the varied forms of Birds characteristic of 
this favoured portion of the Ethiopian Region, and contains 
many interesting observations on their habits. We have 
read Mr. Chapman’s adventures “ on Safari ” with pleasure 
