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Birds of Africa and Asia

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THE titles above are evidence of the progress being made towards a conspectus of the world?s avifauna. For one country or region after another, books are steadily appearing which collate, for their respective areas, information which was previously either unavailable or else widely scattered in the ornithological journals: in some cases they break fresh ground, while in others they replace older works now out-of-date. The particular volumes here to be discussed range from Africa to the Far East.

(1) Nicoll's Birds of Egypt.

Colonel R. Meinertzhagen. Published under the Authority of the Egyptian Government. Vol. 1. Pp. xvi + 348 + 19 plates. Vol. 2. Pp. 349 700 + 19 plates. (London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1930.) 30s.

(2) The Game-Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon.

E. C. Stuart Baker. (Published by the Bombay Natural History Society.) Vol. 3: Pheasants and Bustard-Quail. Pp. x + 341 + 20 plates. (London: John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, Ltd., 1930.) 42s. net.

(3) A Handbook of the Birds of Eastern China (Chihli, Shantung, Kiangsu, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Chekiang, Fohkien and Kwangtung Provinces).

J. D. D. La Touche. Part 5: Containing Families Motacillidæ, Alaudidæ, Zosteropidæ, Nectariniidæ, Dicæidæ, Pittidæ and Eurylaimidæ. Pp. 399 500 + xx + 2 plates. (London: Taylor and Francis, 1930.) 7s. 6d. net.

(4) Coloured Plates of the Birds of Ceylon.

G. M. Henry. With a Short Description of each Bird by W. E. Wait. (Published by the Ceylon Government.) Part 3. Pp. iii + 16 + 16 plates. (Colombo: Colombo Museum; London: Dulau and Co., Ltd., 1930.) 30s.

(5) Systema Avium Æthiopicarum: a Systematic List of the Birds of the Ethiopian Region.

William Lutley Sclater. Prepared in conjunction with Special Committees of the British and American Ornithologists' Unions. Part 2. Pp. iii + 305 922. (London: Taylor and Francis, 1930.) 21s.

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Birds of Africa and Asia. Nature 127, 355–356 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127355a0

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