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IN a review of the first volume of this work (part of the “Fauna of South Africa”), published in our columns soon after its appearance, reference was made to the tragic death of its author, Dr. Stark, in Ladysmith, at the commencement of the siege. The first volume was practically completed by the author before his death; but of its successor the manuscript was left (partly stored at Durban and partly at Ladysmith) in a state which rendered necessary a considerable amount of revision and addition on the part of whoever undertook the task of editing and preparing it for press. By desire of Dr. Stark's executors this labour was entrusted to Mr. W. L. Sclater, the editor of the series to which the volume belongs, who is to be congratulated on having carried out so successfully an undertaking of no ordinary difficulty. For, as all those who have tried it are well aware, the completion of another man's unfinished work is often a more difficult task than to write a volume de novo. As this volume may be regarded as in some respects a memorial of the lamented author, his portrait is very appropriately introduced as a frontispiece.
The Birds of South Africa.
By A. C. Stark, completed, by W. L. Sclater. Vol. ii. Illustrated. Pp. xiv + 324. (London: Porter, 1901.) Price 21s. net.
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L., R. The Birds of South Africa . Nature 65, 244 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065244a0
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