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41. North on the Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds. 
[Nests and Eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania. 
By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S. Vol. ii. Part 8. Sydney, 1909.] 
With much pleasure we record the issue of another Part 
of Mr. North's meritorious work on the nests and eggs of 
Australian Birds, which is continued in the same style as the 
preceding Parts*, and concludes the second volume. It 
contains an account of the remaining families of the Passeres, 
and of the first portion of the Picarians. As in the former 
Parts a description of every species is given, besides ample 
details concerning the nesting and eggs, while numerous good 
photographic illustrations are introduced in the text. The 
eggs of many little-known birds are figured in the plates, 
including those of all the three known species of Lyre-bird 
(Menura). 
42. Oates on new Burmese Pheasants. 
[On some new species of Silver-Pheasants. By E. W. Oates. Ann. 
Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. v. p. 162 (1910).] 
Mr. Oates describes three new species" of Silver- 
Pheasants from various districts of Burma —Gennceus atlayi, 
G. haringtoni, and G. granti. Mr. Oates should consult 
Prof. Ghigi's paper on the same subject (see above). 
43. Report of the South African Locust-Bureau. 
[Third Annual Report of the South African Central Locust Bureau. 
Edited by Chas. P. Lownsbury, Govt. Entomologist to the Cape of Good 
Hope. 8vo. Cape Town, 1909. 68 pp.] 
As in other arid and semi-arid districts of the world, so in 
South Africa the plague of locusts ” is a source of constant 
inj ury and loss to the agriculturist. In order to coordinate 
the work of combating this plague and to secure common 
action in the agencies and methods employed, the various 
Governments of South Africa (not only those of the British 
Colonies but also those of German South-West Africa and 
* See ‘ Ibis,’ 1908, p. 189, and 1907, p. 359. 
