1921 .] Recently published Ornithological Works. 7 45 
Spotted Eagles which can be identified refer to the larger 
species, Aquila clanga , and that the occurrence of the Steppe 
Buzzard ( Buteo b. vulpinus) rests solely on the individual 
killed in 1864 by Mr. J. Clarke Hawkshaw in Wiltshire, and 
now in the British Museum collection. In the same article 
he states that the British Tawny Owl is separable from the 
continental one by its smaller size and by the more frequent 
occurrence of the tawny phase. It should be known as 
Stria? aluco sylvatica Shaw. Mr. Witherby also contributes 
two short articles on the progress of the ‘ British Birds ’ 
marking scheme, which is rapidly recovering from the set¬ 
back caused by the war, and records the fifth example of a 
Swallow ringed as a young bird in Stirlingshire, 27/vi./19, 
recovered at Lake Chrissie in the Transvaal, 18/v./20. 
The Emu. 
[The Emu: Official Organ of the Royal Australian Ornithologists’ 
Union. Vol. xx. July 1920 to April 1921.] 
As is the case in Europe, so even in far Australia the 
great increase in the cost of printing has hampered the 
activities of scientific societies, and the editors and secre¬ 
taries of the R. A. O. U. have had a difficult task to keep up 
the standard of the 4 Emu,’ though the present volume 
does not show much diminution in size as compared with 
previous ones. 
The last annual meeting of the Union was held at Perth 
in October 1920. This is the first time the Union has 
ever met in Western Australia, and a considerable number 
of members made the long journey of over 4000 miles from 
Queensland and other States to attend the session. The 
January number of the ‘Emu - ’ contains a full account of 
the proceedings, and also a number of papers on the birds 
of Western Australia, either the result of observations of the 
visitors, or prepared specially for their edification. Among 
these there is a workman-like account of the birds of the 
Swan River district by Mr. W. B. Alexander, and a good 
article on the birds of Dirk Hartog Island and the Peron 
Peninsula by Mr. E. L. Whitlock, who was lucky enough to 
