Recently published Ornithological Works. 3 77 
venture to prophecy—at any rate, we hope—that such innova- ^ 
tions will not meet with much serious support. We recom¬ 
mend Mr. Richmond to study Mr. Boulenger’s paper “ On 
the Abuses resulting from the Application of the Rule of 
Priority in Zoological Nomenclature, and on the Means of 
protecting well-established Names/’ read before Sect. D at 
the Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement 
of Science at Dublin in 1908. 
45. South African Ornithologists ’ Union , Journal of the. 
[The Journal of the South African Ornithologists’ Union. Yol. IV. 
Nos. 2, 3, and Supplement (Oct. 1908-Jan. 1909).] 
The third number consists merely of the Titlepage, Index, 
and so forth, but the six papers in the second number are 
of considerable interest. First, we have the Report of the 
Committee for Migration for the Years 1906 and 1907. 
The species selected for observation were six, namely the 
European Swallow, the Bee-eater, the Lesser Kestrel, the 
Greenshank, the White Stork, and the Black-winged Pratin¬ 
cole. Circulars were sent out to Members of the Union and 
others, but the results proved disappointing, as few of the 
accompanying cards were returned with the requisite details. 
A good beginning has, however, been made, and we may 
expect to gain much information in the future from the 
fifteen South African observing-stations. 
In a second paper Mr. J. A. Bucknill commences an 
account of the birds’ eggs in the Transvaal Museum at 
Pretoria, collected in many cases by Messrs. Austin Roberts, 
R. H. Ivy, Krantz, Wilde, and Major Sparrow. Both nests 
and eggs are described, and of the latter measurements are 
given. Special attention should be called to the eggs of the 
various Cuckoos, to that of Turdus cabanisi (apparently 
undescribed before), and to that of Poliohierax semitor- 
quatus (certainly new to science). 
In a third paper Mr. C. G. Davies discusses the Wild¬ 
fowl and Water-birds of Matatiele, E. Griqualand ; while the 
remaining articles are from the pen of Mr. E. C. Chubb. 
These contain a description of the nest and eggs (with 
