Some Notes on the Causes of Bird Road Casualties

Guide des Oiseaux d'Europe, by R. Peterson, G. Mountfort and P. Hollom, translated by P. Géroudet. Delachaux &; Niestlé, 1967.

A Field Guide to the Mammals of Britain and Europe, by F. H. Van den Brink. Collins, 1967. 30/-. 221 pages, 32 plates, numerous text-figs. and maps.

Hours and the Birds, by R. D. Symons. Toronto University Press. London: Oxford University Press, 1968. £5 19s. 224 pages, 17 coloured plates, text-figs.

Galapagos: Islands of Birds, by Bryan Nelson. Longmans, 1968.50/-. 338 pages, 57 photos, 56 text-figs.

A la Découverte de la Nature, by O. Paccaud. Delachaux &; Niestlé, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1967. 442 pages, numerous illustrations.

On Predation and Life, by Paul L. Errington. Iowa State University Press, 1967. 277 pages, numerous black and white illustrations.

The Courtship Habits of the Great Crested Grebe, by Julian Huxley. Jonathan Cape, London, 1968. 7/6 (paperback), 18/- (hardback). 98 pages, text-figures.

Birds of South Vietnam, by Philip Wildash. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1968 (Agents in U.K.: Prentice-Hall International, London). 70/-. 234 pages, 25 colour plates, 21 black and white drawings.

The Psychology of Birds: An interpretation of Bird Behaviour, by Harold E. Burtt. Collier-MacMillan Ltd., London, 1968. 55/-. 242 pages, 11 line drawings.     

Reviews

The Birds of Glamorgan, edited by A. Heathcote, D. Griffin and H. Morrey Salmon. Cardiff Naturalists' Society, 1967 (Annex to vol. 94 of the Transactions of the Society). 30/-. 143 pages, 9 black and white photos, end-paper maps.

Birds of Norfolk, by M. J. Seago. Jarrold & Sons, Ltd., Norwich, 1967. 45 /-. 148 pages, 65 coloured photos, end-paper maps.

The Birds of Huntingdonshire, by C. F. Tebbutt. Published by the author, 1967. 75 pages, map.

A Supplement to the Birds of Cheshire, by T. Hedley Bell. Published by the author (12/16 Booth St., Manchester 2), 1967. 91 pages.

The Birds of the Doncaster District, by R. J. Rhodes. Doncaster and District Orn. Soc. (125 Chequer Avenue, Belle Vue, Doncaster), 1967. 10/-. 101 pages, map.

Pesticides and Pollution, by Kenneth Mellanby. Collins, New Naturalist, London, 1967. 30 /-. 221 pages, 30 photos, 4 in colour.

Man and Environment, by Robert Arvill. Penguin Books, London, 1967. 8/6. 332 pages, 13 black and white photos.

The Wreck of the Torrey Canyon, by Crispin Gill, Frank Booker and Tony Soper. Davis & Charles, Newton Abbott, 1967. 21/-. 128 pages, 31 black and white photos.

Courtship: a zoological study, by Margaret Bastock. Heinemann, London, 1967. 25 /-. 220 pages, 63 text-figures.

The Book of the American Woodcock, by W. G. Sheldon. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Mass., 1967. $8.50. 227 pages,58 figures.

The Whooping Crane: a fight against extinction, by Faith McNulty. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1967. 30/-. 190 pages, 26 illustrations.

Birds of Australia, A. Rutgers. 2 vols. Methuen, London, 1967. 35/- each. Each with 80 coloured plates from the lithographs of John Gould.     

Reviews

The Technique of Wildlife Cinematography, by J. Warham. Focal Press, London, 1966. 42/-. 222 pages, 42 photos, text-figures.

A Field Guide to the Bird of Britain and Europe, by R. Peterson, G. Mountfort, and P. A. D. Hollom (revised and enlarged edition).Collins, London, 1966. 30/-. 344 pages, 66 plates, text-figures and map.

Les Rapaces Diurnes et Nocturnes d'Europe, by P. Géroudet. Editions Delachaux & Niestlé, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1965. 426 pages, 48 plates (24 in colour), 50 text-figures.

The Birds of Berkshire and Oxfordshire, by M. C. Radford. Longmans, 1966. 42/-. 212 pages, 19 photographic plates, frontispeiece by R. A. Richardson.

Land and People: The Countryside for Use and Leisure, edited by Rosemary Jellis. B.B.C. Publications, 1966. 6/-. 142 pages.     

Special Reviews

Fair Isle and its Birds, Kenneth Williamson. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1965. 30/-. xvi + 311 pages, 17 figures and maps, 27 photographs.

Waterfowl Tomorrow, edited by Joseph P. Linduska. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Washington D.C., 1964. 4 dollars. 770 pages, 187 photographs, I (folded) map, many drawings by Bob Hines. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington D.C., 20402.

The Giant Canada Goose, Harold C. Hanson. Southern Illinois University Press (U.K. Agent, W. S. Hall, London), 1965. $ 9.75. 226 pages, 74 photos, text-figures and tables.

The Harvest that Kills, John Coleman-Cooke. Odhams, 1965. 25/-. 207 pages.

Gardening without Poisons, Beatrice Trum Hunter. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1 965. 25/-. 294 pages, line drawings.

The Life of the Robin, David Lack. H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd., London, 1965. 30/-. 240 pages, text-figures.

Vertebrate Fauna of the Halifax Parish, compiled by I. Morley. Halifax Scientific Society, 1965. 103 pages, 3 photographic plates.

The Bird Table Book, Tony Soper. David & Charles, Dawlish, and Macdonald, London, 1965. 21/-. 140 pages, 20 photos, numerous line drawings.

Song and Garden Birds of North America; Water, Prey and Game Birds of North America, Alexander Wetmore, with chapters by Dean Amadon, E. T. Gilliard, A. H. Miller, R. C. Murphy, R. T. Peterson, and others. $11.95 each (post paid), from Nat. Geog. Soc., Dept. 280, Washington, D.C., 20036. 400 and 464 pages respectively, numerous illustrations, nearly all in colour, 6 long-playing records in cover-flap of each.

The Birds of Shakespeare, J. E. Harting. Argonaut Inc. Publishers, Chicago, 1965. $7.50. 321 + xxxviii pages.

Serengeti Shall Not Die, B. & M. Grzimek. Collins, London, 1965. 25/-. 256 pages, 44 photos, text-figures.

Wings of Light, Garth Christian. Newnes, London, 1965. 35/-. 178 pages, 31 photos.

Antarctic Biology (Proceedings of the First Symposium on Antarctic Biology held at Paris in 1962), ed. R. Carrick, M. Holdgate and J. Prévost. Editions Hermann (115 Boulevard St-Germain, Paris 6), 1965. 54 N.F. 652 pages, 11 plates, numerous text-figures.

Birds of Town and Village, W. D. Campbell; paintings by Basil Ede.Country Life, London, 1965. 126/-. 156 pages, 36 coloured plates.

The Game Research Association, 5th Annual Report, 1965.

The Wildfowlers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland, Report and Year Book 1964–65.     

The relationship between ethnology and social anthropology 1

African Miniatures. The Goldweights of the Ashanti. Margaret Webster Plass. Lund Humphries, London 1967. 26 pp., 166 ill.

Anthropologists in the Field. Edited by D. G. Jongmans and P. C. W. Gutkind. Series: Non‐European Societies, nr 6. Royal van Gorcum &; Comp. N. V. Assen 1967. 277 pp. Price cloth Hf 32.50.

Races of Africa. C. G. Seligman. 4 ed. Opus 9 (Oxford Paperbacks University Series). Oxford University Press, London. 1966. 177 pp.

Hausa ba dabo ba ne. A collection of 500 Proverbs translated and annotated by A. H. M. Kirk‐Greene. Ibadan. Oxford University Press London 1966 84 pp. Price 5/3 d.

Human Evolution. An Introduction to Man's Adaptations. Bernard G. Campbell. Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago 1966. 425 pp., 135 ill. Price $ 8.95.

Human Evolution. Readings in Physical Anthropology (2nd cd.) Noel Korn and Fred W. Thompson (editors). Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York 1967, 466 pp. figs. $ 4.95.

Caste and Race: Comparative Approaches. A Ciba Foundation Volume. Ed. by Anthony de Reuck and Julie Knight. J. &; A. Churchill Ltd., London 1967. 348 pp. Price 60 s.

The American Negro. A Study in Racial Crossing. Melville J. Hersko‐vits. A Midland Book, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1964. 92 pp. Price $ 1.65.

Strangers to the City: Urban Man in Jos, Nigeria. Leonard Plotnicov. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh 1967. 320 pp. Price hardbound $ 6.95, paperbound $ 2.95.

Ozeanien. Paul Collaer. Musikgeschichte in Bildern, Hrsg. von Heinrich Besseler und Max Schneider, Band I: Musikethnologie, Lieferung 1. VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1965. 234 S., 178 Abb.

A Study of Polyandry. H. R. H. Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark. Mouton &; Co. The Hague 1963. 606 pages, 44 photographs, 4 figs., 2 sketches, 6 maps, 48 genealogical tables. Cloth. Price: Glds. 68.‐(=ab. US $ 19.00, £ 6.16.‐, DM 75.50, 94.50 F).

African Music. A Briefly Annotated Bibliography. Compiled by Darius L. Thieme. Library of Congress, Reference Department, Music Division, Washington 1964. 55 pp. 45 cents.

Tribes and forms in African Art. William Fagg. Methuen &; Co. Ltd., London 1965. 122 Pl. 6 Guineas net.     

The value of measurements in the study of wader migration; a reply

Birds of West Central and Western Africa. Vol. 2. By C. W. Mackworth- Praed and C. H. B. Grant. Longman. 1973. 818 pp., 93 colour-plates, hundreds of distribution maps. Price £8.00., by L. A. Batten

A Guide to the Birds of Wales. David Saunders. Constable &; Co. Ltd, London. 1974. 341 pp. Many photographs and sketch maps. Price £2.50., by Chris Mead

The World of an Estuary. Heather Angel. Faber and Faber, London. 1975. 128 pp., 50 black and white photographs. Price £1.95., by A. J. Prater

Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland. Dr J. T. R. Sharrock, with drawings by P. J. Grant. T. &; A. D. Poyser Ltd., Berkhamsted. 1974. 26 plates. Price £3.80., by D. E. Glue

The Buzzard. Colin R. Tubbs. David and Charles, Newton Abbot. 1974. 199 pp., 17 photographs and 11 figures. Price £4.75., by Chris Mead

Birds of the Yorkshire Coast. Richard Vaughan. Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd., London. 1974. 96 pp. 77 plates. Price £1.70 hardback, £1.20 paperback., by H. B. Ginn

The Naturalist in Majorca. James D. Parrack. David and Charles, Newton Abbot. 1973. 224 pp., 32 black and white plates and 15 line drawings. Price £3.95., by L. A. Batten

Feathers Plain and Fancy. Hilda Simon. Frederick Muller, London. 1973. (First published 1969.) Viking Press, New York. 126 pp., many colour and black and white illustrations by the author. Price £2.00., by H. B> Ginn

A Revised Check-List of the Maltese Islands. By C. De Lucca. E. W. Classey Ltd, Hampton, Middlesex, 1969. 95pp. Price £0.75.

Die Vögel des Bodenseegebietes. By H. Jacoby, G. Knötzsch and S. Schuster. Supplement to Vol. 67 of Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 1970. 260pp. 16 black and white plates.

Die Vogelwelt der Limmattal und Zürichseeregion. By W. Knopfli. Supplement to Vol. 68 of Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 1971. 174pp. 4 colour plates.     

Book Reviews

Psychobiology: The Biological Bases of Behavior Pp. 382, illustrated. New York: Scientific American, 1967. 70s. (cloth), 40s. (paper). Reviewed by O. Lowenstein

Organisation in Plants W. M. M. BARON Pp. vi+218, 117 figs. London: Edward Arnold Ltd., 2nd ed., 1967.18s. (paper), 30s. (boards). Reviewed by J. W. Hannay

A First Biology ERIC SPRINGTHORPE Pp. 103. London: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1967. 10s. 6d. Reviewed by J. A. Barker

The Biology of Lichens MASON E. HALE, JR. Pp. viii + 176, 60 figs, 15 plates. London: Edward Arnold Ltd., 1967. 42s. Reviewed by K. A. Kershaw

Experiments in the Study of Biology J. J. W. BAKER, G. E. ALLEN, E. GAGE and S. K. WEBSTER Pp. 58. London: Addison-Wesley, 1967. Reviewed by C. F. Stoneman

Microbiological Methods C. H. COLLINS Pp. xii+404, illustrated. London: Butterworths, 2nd ed. 1967. 62s. Reviewed by N. J. Butler

The New Microbiology Ed. JOHN E. FLYNN New York: McGraw Hill Book Co., 1966. Reviewed by W. Howard Hughes

,i>Pergamon Programmed Texts Introduction to Genetics: Science of Heredity A. J. S. MCMILLAN Pp. 410, 64 figs, 6 plates. 1966. J. Audrey Stretch

An Introduction to Biochemistry Vol. 1 A. J. S. MCMILLAN Pp. 208. 1966. J. Audrey Stretch

Biology, Vol. 1 A. VERRINDER Pp. 274, 126 figs. 1966. Oxford: Pergamon Press. Commonwealth and International Library. 25s. (flexi-cover), 35s. (hard cover). J. Audrey Stretch

Grasses JAMES GROVES Published by the School Natural History Society, 1966, and obtainable from M. J. Wootton, Esq., 19A King's Gardens, Cranham, Upminster, Essex. 3s.

Biology Teaching in Schools Involving Experiment or Demonstration with Animals or with Pupils Compiled by J. J. BRYANT The Association for Science Education, 1967. 2s. 9d.

Handbook of Marine Biology for Borth, Cardiganshire A compilation of results and work completed by members of King Edward's School, Birmingham. Obtainable from the School. 6s. 6d.

Clarendon Biographies (16) Charles Darwin R. C. OLBY Pp. 64, 3 figs, 12 plates. London; Oxford University Press, 1967. 9s. 6d. (boards), 5s. (limp).

New Questions in O-Level Biology (Book 2) Plants and Invertebrates J. J. HEAD Pp. 70, illustrated. London: Oliver & Boyd, 1967. 6s. (Teachers' guide. Pp. 32. 5s.)

Revision Exercises in Biology J. D. MAUNDER and C. JOHNSTON Pp. xiii + 130, illustrated. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1967. 8s. 6d.     

Maya and Altaic

Evolution and Human Behavior. Alexander Alland. Social Science Paperbacks. No. 49. Tavistock Publications. London 1969. 243 pp. 37 figs. Price 18/‐.

The Two Worlds of the Washo. An indian Tribe of California &; Nevada. (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology.) James F. Downs, Holt, Rine‐hart and Winston, Inc., New York 1966. 113 pages, 1 map, 1 pl.

West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century. Ed. with an Introduction by Daryll Forde and P. M. Kaberry. Published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press. Oxford 1967. 289 pp. Price 50 s.net.

Francisco de Avila. Hermann Trimborn und Antje Kelm. Quellenwerke zur Alten Geschichte Amerikas aufgezeichnet in den Sprachen der Eingeborenen. Herausgegeben vom Ibero‐Amerikanischen Institut Berlin der Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Band VIII. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, 1967. 308 pp. Price DM 105: ‐ (I, "Francisco de Avila” by Hermann Trimborn, pp. 1–198; II, "Götter und Kulte in Huarochirí” by Antje Kelm, pp. 199–307).

The Individual and Culture. Mary Ellen Goodman. The Dorsey Press. Homewood, Illinois 1967. 265 pp. Price $ 4.95.

Mythologie du Masque en Nouvelle‐Calédonie. Jean Guiart. Publications de la Société des Océanistes, No. 18. Paris 1966. 150 pp., 22 pls., 1 map.

Goldgewichte aus Ghana. Brigitte Menzel. Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Völkerkunde, Berlin. Neue Folge 12, Abteilung Afrika III, Berlin 1968. 242 S. Reich illustriert.

La division du temps et le calendrier rituel des peuples lagunaires de Côte d'Ivoire. Georges Niangoran‐Bouah. Université de Paris. Travaux et Mémoires de l'Institut d'Ethnologie. LXVIII. Paris 1964. 164 S., 12 Abbildungen.

Boum‐le‐Grand, village d'Iro: Claude Pairault. Université de Paris. Travaux et Mémoires de l'Institut d'Ethnologie. LXXIII. Paris 1966. 470 S., 225 Abb.

The Social Organization of the Western Apache. Grenville Goodwin. With a Preface by Keith H. Basso. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1969 (2nd edition), xxii+701 pp. Price $ 10.

The Gurage. A People of the Ensete Culture. William A. Shack. Published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press, London 1966. 222 pp. Ill. Price 50 s.net.

Die Erde in Vorstellungswelt und Kulturpraktiken der sudanischen Völker. Jürgen Zwernemann. (Habilitationsschrift.) Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1968. 545 S., 1 Karte. DM 80: ‐, broschiert.

The Medicine Man, Swifa Ya Nguvumali. Hasani Bin Ismail. Edited and translated by Peter Lienhardt. Oxford Library of African Literature. Clarendon Press. Oxford University Press. Oxford 1968. 208 pp. Price 42 s.

Das Rind in den Felsbilddarstellungen Nordafrikas. Walther F. E. Resch. Studien zur Kulturkunde, Band 20. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden 1967. 105 S., 24 Tafeln und 4 Abbildungen. Broschiert DM 20:‐.

Social Anthropology. Godfrey Lienhardt. 2nd edition. Oxford Paperbacks University Series Opus 15. London 1966. 177 pp. Price 7/6 net.

Churches at the Grass‐Roots. A Study in Congo/Brazzaville. Efraim Andersson. World Studies of Churches in Mission. Lutherworth Press. London 1968. 296 pp. Price 30/‐.

Os Macomdes de Moçambique. Vol. I‐II. Junta de Investigates do Ultramar. Centro de Estudos de Antropología Cultural. Lisboa 1964.

I. Aspectos históricos e económicos. Jorge Dias. 180 S., 109 Abb., 17 Zeichnungen, 7 Karten.

II. Cultura material. 192 S., 261 Abb., 74 Zeichnungen. Jorge Dias e Margot Dias.     

Relative Desiccation Survival Potential of Two Root-Knot Nematode Species,Meloidogyne Incognita and M. Triticoryzae and Relationship With Their Habitat and Cuticle Characteristics*

Abstract

Horsfall, J. G. (Ed.): Annual Review of Phytopathology. Vol. 4. VII + 423 S. Palo Alto, 1966: Annual Reviews, Inc. Leinen, 9,00 $. Reviewed by K. Naumann.

Gregory, P. H. und Monteith, J. L. (Ed.): Airborne microbes. Seventeenth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the Imperial College, London April 1967. XII + 385 S., mit Abb. u. Tab. London, 1967: Cambridge University Press, Leinenrücken, 75 s. Reviewed by H. J. Müller.

Raper, J. R.: Genetics of sexuality in higher fungi. VIII + 283 S., mit Abb. u. Tab., New York, 1966: The Ronald Press Company, Leinen, 12,00 $. Reviewed by M. Schmiedeknecht.

Albrecht, F. O.: Polymorphisme phasaire et biologie des acridiens migrateurs. X + 194 S., 52 Abb. Paris, 1967: Masson et Cie, Éditeurs, karton., 50 F. Reviewed by R. Fritzsche.

Wigglesworth, V. B.: Insect physiology. VII + 134 S., 12 Abb., London, 1966: Methuen &; Co Ltd., brosch., 10 s 6 d. Reviewed by G. Schäller.

Machlis, L. (Ed.): Annual Review of Plant Physiology. Vol. 18. VIII + 480 S., mit Abb. u. Tab., Palo Alto, Ca., 1967: Annual Reviews, Inc., Leinen, 9,00 $. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Newton, B. A. und Reynolds, P. E. (Ed.): Biochemical studie of antimicrobial drugs. (Sixteenth symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the Royal Institution, London, April 1966). X + 349 S., mit Abb. u. Tab., London, 1966: Cambridge University Press, Halbleinen, 60 s. Reviewed by H. J. Müller.

Pilet, P.-É.: La cellule, structure et fonctions. 406 S., 310 Abb.; 32 ganzs. Abb., Paris 1966: Schwarz-Weiß-Tafeln. Masson et Cie, Editeurs, brosch. 38 F. Reviewed by K. Schmelzer.

Ciba (Ed.): Dimecron 257 S. Basle, Switzerland, 1967: P.O. Box — CIBA — Kunststoff Reviewed by Horst Beitz.

Bellamy, L. J.: Ultrarot-Spektrum und chemische Konstitution. 2. Auflage, 325 S., 11 Abb., 23 Tab. Darmstadt, 1966: Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag, kart., 28,— DM Reviewed by Volker Müller.

Bahr, G. F.; Zeitler, E. H. (Ed.): Quantitative electron microscopy. 1965, VIII + 605 (1340) S., mit Abb. u. Tab., Leinen, 16,00 $, Baltimore (Md.), The Williams &; Wilkins Company. Reviewed by H. B. Schmidt.     

The politics of race,culture and education

Mike Cole (ed.), EDUCATION FOR EQUALITY, London: Routledge, 1989, 237 pp., £9.95 (paper)

Peter Foster, POLICY AND PRACTICE IN MULICULTURAL AND ANTI‐RACIST EDUCATION, London: Routledge, 1990, 208 pp., £10.99 (paper)

Alrick X. Cambridge and Stephan Feuchtwang (eds), ANTI‐RACIST STRATEGIES, Avebury: Gower Publishing, 1990, 162 pp., £25.00

David Gillborn, ’RACE’, ETHNICITY AND EDUCATION, London: Unwin Hyman, 1990, 245 pp., £9.95 (paper)

Elizabeth Grugeon and Peter Woods, EDUCATING ALL: MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL, London: Routledge, 1990, 244 pp., £9.95 (paper)

Barry Troyna and Bruce Carrington, EDUCATION, RACISM AND REFORM, London: Routledge, 1990, 139 pp., £30.00 and £8.99 (paper)

Kenneth J. Meier, Joseph Stewart Jr., Robert E. England, RACE, CLASS AND EDUCATION, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989, 194 pp., npl     

Book Reviews

Plant Life in West Africa. G. W. LAWSON. 8 × 5¼ in. pp. ix + 150 with 34 plates. Oxford: University Press, 1966. 22s. 6d. Reviewed by R. W. J. Keay

Wild Life and the Countryside: Nos. 255–262. Wildlife Publications, 10 Bouverie St., London, E.C.4. 16s./p.a. (9 copies). Reviewed by Ernest Neal

Vertebrate Palaeontology. A. S. ROMER. 3rd edition, pp. 468, 443 figs. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1967, 72s. Reviewed by C. B. Cox

Sensory Mechanisms. J. CASE. Pp. 113. Macmillan, N.Y.: Current Concepts in Biology Series, 1966. Reviewed by J. D. Carthy

Wealth from the Oceans. TONY LOFTAS. Pp. 69, 20 plates. London: Phoenix House (Progress of Science Series), 1967. 12s. 6d. Reviewed by J. Bossanyi

Poisonous Plants and Fungi in Colour. P. M. NORTH. Pp. 161, 133 plates, 7 figs. London: Blandford Press Ltd., 1967. 21s. Od. Reviewed by C. T. Prime     

Reviews

Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa. C. W. Mackworth-Praed and C. H. B. Grant. 1980. Longman, London and New York. 2 volumes. Vol. 1 £25.00, vol. 2 £30.00. Robert Hudson

The Evolutionary Ecology of Animal Migration. R. R. Baker. 1978. Hodder & Stoughton, London. Pp. 1012. Price £35.00. Raymond J. O'Connor     

A Survey of Introductory Biology Courses and Staffing in Departments of Biology,Botany, and Zoology

Information and Control in the Living Organism. An Elementary Introduction B. HASSENSTEIN London: Chapman &; Hall. £1.30 Reviewed by O. Lowenstein

Inequalities and Optimal Problems in Mathematics and the Sciences G. Stephenson London: Longmans. £1.50 Reviewed by O. Lowenstein

Ecology of Leaf Surface Microorganisms Edited by T. F. Preece and C. H. Dickinson pp. xvii+640 London and New York: Academic Press. 1971 £9.00 Reviewed by R. Warren

Mathematics for Ecologists I. Chaston Pp. 132 London: Butterworths. £2.20 Reviewed by B. Dudley

Beginning Ecology H. J. Killick Pp. ix+121+35figs Ibadan: Ibadan University Press Price in Nigeria 12/- Reviewed by J. G. Vaughn

An Experience with Organisms D. L. Murray Pp. x+209+24 figs Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Inc. £1.75 An Experience with Cells D. L. Murray and H. E. Bushe Pp. viii + 193+56figs Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Inc. £1.40 Reviewed by G. W. Shaw1

A Practical Course in Biology W. Belfield and M. Dearden Pp. xiii + 174 and figs Oxford: Pergamon Press. £1.50 Reviewed by John H. Gray

Food Tests; Book 2 Enzymes; Book 3 Soil D. G. Mackean Pp. 32 each London: John Murray 1970 £0.25 each. Teachers' notes £0.30 each Reviewed by John A. Barker

Nutrition and Food Science Reviewed by E. A. Nanson

Biobits and Dore-Smith Atomunits Principles of Model Construction I. Smith, M. J. Smith and C. F. Dore Pp. 48+31 figs London: Capital Biotechnic Developments Ltd., Heinemann. Free Reviewed by J. M. Ashworth

Museums in Education Education Survey 12 Department of Education and Science Pp. 55 + 10 plates London: HMSO. 1971. £0.50 Reviewed by I. M. Evans

Biology in the Nineteenth Century: Problems of Form, Function and Transformation William Coleman London: Wiley History of Science Series. 1971 £3.50 hardback. 7£1.75 paperback Reviewed by Sydney Smith

Storage and Retrieval of Biological Information Reviewed by R. W. J. Keay     

On methods in hare Indian ethnology — a. rejoinder

Prelude to East African History, a collection of papers given at the First East African Vacation School in Pre‐European African History and Archaeology in December 1962, Merrick Posnansky, editor, Student's Library, Oxford University Press, London 1966. 186 pp., 9 s. 6 d.

Ethiopian Music. An Introduction. A Survey of Ecclesiastical and Secular Ethiopian Music and Instruments. Michael Powne. Oxford University Press, London 1966. xix+160 pp., 11 pl., 5 figs., 36 music ex. 1 map. Price 42 s. ‐ 2nd edition. London 1968. Price 45 s.

An Africans Religion. The Spirit of Nyajena. Case History of a Karanga People. Michael Gelfand. Juta &; Co., Limited. Cape Town, Wynberg, Johannesburg 1966. 135 pp. 1 Karte, Illustr. Price 37 s 6 d.

Mkhas Grub Rje's Fundamentals of the Buddhist Tantras. Ferdinand D. Lessing and Alex Wayman. Rgyud sde spyihi rnam par gzag pa rgyas par brjod. The Hague, Paris. 1968.

A Ceremonial Ox of India: The Mithan in Nature, Culture, and History. Frederick J. Simoons. University of Wisconsin Press Ltd., London 1968. 323 pp., pr. 104 s. 6 d.

Dor el Gussa und Gebel ben Ghnema. Zur nachpluvialen Besiedlungsgeschichte des Ostfezzan. Ergebnisse der Frobenius‐Expedition nach libyen 1963/64. Helmut Ziegert. Veröffentlichung des Frobenius‐Institutes Frankfurt. F. Steiner Verlag. Wiesbaden 1967. X+94 S. m. 19 Abb., 203 Taf., 3 Karten. Gebunden. DM 66: ‐.

Archäologische Untersuchungen am Mittleren Amazonas. Beiträge zur Vorgeschichte des südamerikanischen Tieflandes. Peter Paul Hilbert. Marburger Studien zur Völkerkunde I. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1968. 164 Abb., 11 Karten, 337 Seiten. Preis DM 60:‐.

Bibliography of Benin Art. Paula Ben‐Amos. Primitive Art Bibliographies. No. VI. The Museum of Primitive Art. New York 1968, 27 pp.

Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion. 1966. 176 pp. Price 30 s.

The Social Anthropology of Complex Societies. 1966. 156 pp. Price 30 s. A.S.A. Monographs 3 and 4. Michael Banton (general editor). Tavistock Publications. London.

Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology. George and Louise Spindler (general editors). Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, London.

Changing Japan. Edward Norbeck. 1965. 82 pp., 1 map, 1 pl.

The Dusun. A North Borneo Society. Thomas Rhys Williams. 1965. 100 pp., 1 pl., 1 map.

Understanding an African Kingdom: Bunyoro. John Beatty. New York … 1965. 61 pp., 1 map.

Bunyoro. An African Kingdom. John Beatty. New York … 1960. 86 pp., 1 pl., 1 map.     

Buchbesprechungen

Abstract

Lehrbuch der Physiologie der Haustiere, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Dr. E. Kolb, bearbeitet von: H. Gürtler, H.-A. Ketz, E. Kolb, L. Schröder und H. Seidel (2. Auflage)—Erschienen beim VEB Fischer Verlag, Jena, 1967, 989 Seiten, mit 344 z. T. farbigen Abbildungen und 200 Tab. im Text, Ganzleinen, Format 16,3 × 23,8 cm, Preis: M 70,—Reviewed by H. Beroner.

Haensch/Haberkamp: Wörterbuch der Landwirtschaft, Deutsch—Englisch—Französisch—Spanisch (3. Auflage)—Erschienen bei BLV Verlagsgesellschaft München, Basel, Wien, 1966, 744 Seiten, Ganzleinen, Format 14,5 × 22 cm, Preis: DM 74,—Reviewed by H. Bergner.

Kirsch/Splittgerber/Fender: Die Fütterung der landwirtschaftlichen Nutztiere, 4. Auflage—Erschienen beim Verlag Paul Parcy, Hamburg, 1967, 162 Seiten mit 94 Tabellen, Gr. 8°, kartoniert, Preis: DM 6,80 Reviewed by H. Bergner.

Prof. Dr. M. Kleiber: Der Energichaushalt von Mensch und Haustier (Ein Lehrbuch der Tierenergetik)—Erschienen beim Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg und Berlin, 1967, 358 Seiten, mit 78 Abb. und 94 Tab., Ganzleinen, Format 16,3 × 24,8 cm, Preis: DM80,—Reviewed by H. Bergner.     

Short reviews

Hasia R. Diner. IN THE ALMOST PROMISED LAND, AMERICAN JEWS AND BLACKS, 1915–1935, Westport, Connecticut and London, England. Greenwood Press, Contributions in American History, Number 59, 1977. 271 pp. n.p.

Astri Suhrke and Lela Gamer Noble (eds) ETHNIC CONFLICT IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. (Praeger Special Studies in Politics and Government), Praeger Publishers, New York and London, 1977, 248 pp., n.p.

Laurence D. Loeb, OUTCASTE: JEWISH LIFE IN SOUTHERN IRAN, Gordon and Breach, New York, 1977, 328 pp., $20.

Elizabeth McTaggart Almquist, MINORITIES, GENDER AND WORK, Lexington Books (Lexington, Mass., 1979), £11.50.

Phyllis A. Wallace and Annette M. LaMond (eds), WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, Lexington Books (Lexington, Mass., 1979), 222 pp., £12.75.

Jeremy R. Azrael (ed.), SOVIET NATIONALITY POLICIES AND PRACTICES, New York and London, Praeger, 1978, 393 pp., £17.50.

Edward Dew, THE DIFFICULT FLOWERING OF SURINAM: ETHNICITY AND POLITICS IN A PLURAL SOCIETY, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1978, X + 234 pp., n.p.

John Edwards &; Richard Batley, THE POLITICS OF POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION: AN EVALUATION OF THE URBAN PROGRAMME 1967–77, London, Tavistock, 1978, 287pp., £9.95.     

Short reviews

Michael Reich, Racial Inequality: A Political—Economic Analysis, Princeton; Princeton University Press, 1981, xii + 345 pp. $57.95.

Bradley R. Schiller, The Economics of Poverty and Discrimination, third edition, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice‐Hall, 1981, x + 244 pp., £5.15.

Thomas Sowell, Markets and Minorities, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1981, xi + 141 pp., $6.00.

Phyllis A. Wallace, Black Women in the Labor Force, Cambridge, Mass., and London, England, The MIT Press, 1980, xv + 163 pp. $12.50.     

Masculinity and nationalism: gender and sexuality in the making of nations

Richard G. Fox (ed.), NATIONALIST IDEOLOGIES AND THE PRODUCTION OF NATIONAL CULTURE, Washington: American Anthropological Association, 1990, 177 pp., $17.00.

Michael Watson (ed.), CONTEMPORARY MINORITY NATIONALISM, London: Routledge, 1990, 277 pp., £35.00.

Christie Davies, ETHNIC HUMOR AROUND THE WORLD, A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1990, 404 pp., $39.95.

Elizabeth Fox‐Genovese, WITHIN THE PLANTATION HOUSEHOLD: BLACK AND WHITE WOMEN OF THE OLD SOUTH, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1988, 544 pp., $34.95 and $12.95 (paper).

Darlene Clark Hine, BLACK WOMEN IN WHITE: RACIAL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN THE NURSING PROFESSION, 1890–1950, Btoomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989, 264 pp., $35.00 and $12.95 (paper).

Pnina Werbner, THE MIGRATION PROCESS, Oxford: Berg, 1989, 391 pp., $56.00.

Elaine Pinderhughes, UNDERSTANDING RACE, ETHNICITY AND POWER: THE KEY TO EFFICACY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, New York: The Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, 1989, 269 pp., £20.00.

Paul B. Pedersen, Juris G. Draguns, Walter J. Lonner, Joseph E. Trimble, COUNSELLING ACROSS CULTURES, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1989, (third edition), xii + 402 pp., £14.35 (paper).

Roland Littlewood and Morris Lipsedge, ALIENS AND ALIENISTS: ETHNIC MINORITIES AND PSYCHIATRY, London: Unwin Hyman, 1989, (second edition), xvii + 334 pp., £32.00 and £10.95 (paper).

H. Russell Bernard and Jesús Salinas Pedraza, NATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY; A MEXICAN INDIAN DESCRIBES HIS CULTURE, London: Sage Publications, 1989, 648 pp., £62.00 (Illustrated).     

Book Reviews

The Analysis of Biological Populations MARK WILLIAMSON Pp. xi +180 + 63 figs. London: Edward Arnold, £4.00 (also available in paperback, price £2.00.) Reviewed by M. E. Solomon

Termites, their Recognition and Control W. VICTOR HARRIS Pp. xiii + 186 + 56 plates. Bristol: Longmans. £4.50 (2nd ed., 1971). Reviewed by P. E. Howse

Basic Natural History WILLIAM B. NUTTING Pp.xiii + 386 New York and London: Macmillan. $6.50. Reviewed by John Mattocks

Function and Evolution of Behavior: An Historical Sample from the Pens of Ethologists Edited by P. H. KLOPFER and J. P. HAILMAN Pp. x+404. London: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. £2.95. Reviewed by P. J. B. Slater

Biology of Bone N. M. HANCOX Pp. viii +199 + 81 figs Cambridge: University Press. £6.40. Reviewed by Rufus Clarke

Life, Form and Function C. V. BREWER and C. D. BURROW Pp.281. London: Macmillan. Soft cover, £1.20; hard cover, £1.50. Reviewed by J. A. Barker

The Assessment of Population Affinities in Man Edited by J. S. WEINER and J. HUIZINGA Pp. xii + 224 with 64 text tables and 31 text figs. London : Oxford University Press. Price £6.00. Reviewed by Paul H. Harvey

School Projects in Natural History Edited by the DEVON TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION Pp. 180. London: Heinemann Educational Books. £2.00. Reviewed by John Mattocks