Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications

Amadon on Pacific Island Birds.
[Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition.—No. 52. Notes on some Non-Passerine Genera, 3. Amer. Mus. Nov. no. 1237, 1943, pp. 1–21.]
THE IBIS. Vol. 86. APRIL, 1944. Some East African Birds of Prey. By Captain M. E. W. N orth , M.B.O.U. (Received 4 March, 1943.) (Plates VIII. & IX.)     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Smiths' Sea Fishes. Editors: S mith , M. M., H eemstra ., P. C. 6th ed. 1986.
A ustin , B.; A ustin , D.A., Bacterial Fish Pathogens: Disease in Farmed and Wild Fish. Ellis Horwood Ltd Chichester (pp. 364) 1987.
C appetta , H.: Chondrichthyes II. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii.-Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3B. Stuttgart, New York
Integrated Warm Water Aquaculture. Editors: L ittle , D., M uir , J. University of Stirling: Inst. of Aquaculture Publications 1987. 238 pp.
The Freshwater Fishes of Europe. Vol. 9: L elek , A., Threatened Fishes of Europe. Wiesbaden: Aula Verlag 1987. 343 pp., 85 Fig., 236.-DM.
U ntersuchungen an mittelalterlichen Fischresten aus Schleswig. Ausgrabung Schild 1971–1975.
S chwoerbel , J. (ed.): Einführung in die Limnologie (Introduction into Limnology). 6. Edition. Stuttgart-New York
P lisnier , P.-D.; M icha , J.-C.; F rank , V.: Biologie et exploitation des poissons du lac Ihema
Electroreception. Editors: B ullock , T h . H., H eiligenberg , W. New York-Chichester-Brisbane-Toronto-Singapore
Scheuer, P. (ed.): Bioorganic Marine Chemistry. Volume 2. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York-London-Paris-Tokyo-Hong Kong     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Prochloron, a Mircobial Bnigma. Ed. by R. A. L ewin and L. C heng . 129pp. New York & London: Chapman & Hall. 1989. Price £42. ISBN 0 4120 1901 9
Economic and Medicinal Plant Research , Volume 3. Ed. by H. W agner , H. H ikino and N. R. F arnsworth .
Causes and Consequences of Variation in Growth Rate and Productivity of Higher Plants. Ed. by H. L ambers , M. L. C ambridge , H. K onings and T. L. P ons .
Envisioning Information. By E. R. T ufte .     

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Atlas of Mapped Distributions of Dominance and Modern Pollen Percentages for Important Tree Taxa of Eastern North America . By P. A. D elcourt , H. R. D elcourt and T. W ebb III.
New Manual of Bryology. Volume 1. Edited by R. M. S chuster .
The Ecology and Physiology of the Fungal Mycelium. Edited by D. H. J ennings and A. D. M. R ayner .
Isotopes and Radiation in Agricultural Sciences. Edited by M. E. L'A nnunziata and J. O. L egg .
The Physiology of Flowering Plants : their growth and development . Third edition. By H. E. S treet and H. Ö pik .
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments. By J. J. L owe and M. J. C. W alker .
European Mires. Edited by P. M oore .
Compartments in Algal Cells and Their Interaction. (Proceedings in Life Sciences Series.) Edited by W. W iessner , D. G. R obinson and R. C. S tarr .
Chloroplast Metabolism. By B arry H alliwell .
Flooding and Plant Growth. Ed. by T. T. K ozlowski .
Mode of Action of Antifungal Agents. Ed. by A. P. J. T rinci and J. F. R yley .
Disease Resistance in Plants. By J. E. V anderplank .     

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Book Reviwed in this article:
The History of the British Flora. By Sir H arry G odwin .
The Euphorbiaceae of Borneo. By H. K. A iry S haw .
Ecology of Plants in the Tropics. (Studies in Biology No. 58, Institute of Biology.) By D aniel H. J anzen .
Pacific Plant Areas. Volume 3. Ed. by M. M. van B algooy .
The Liverworts of New Zealand. By K. W. A llison and J ohn C hild .
Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants. Basic principles and techniques. By V. A. K rasilov .
Plant Propagation , 3rd edn. By H udson T. H artmann and D ale E. K ester .
The Lytic Compartment of Plant Cells. By PH. M atile .
Plant Pathogenesis. By H. W heeler .
Phytotronics in Agricultural and Horticultural Research. Ed. by P. C houard and N. de B ilderling .
Phytoplankton. By A. D. B oney .
Krankheiten und Schädlinge an Getreide und Mais. By C. B uhl .     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Cultural Change. F. S. C hapin . (New York: Century, 1928. pp. xix, 448. $3.50.)
The Range of Social Theory. F. N. H ouse . (New York: Holt, 1929. pp. x, 587. $3.60.)     

Reviews

The Mites of Stored Food. A. M. H ughes .
New Approaches in Cell Biology. P. M. B. W alker .
Milk: The Mammary Gland and its Secretion. Two volumes. S. K. K on A. T. C owie .
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology. (Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie.) E. R uhland .
Soil Biology. W ilhelm K ühnelt .
Insect Life and Insect Natural History. S. W. F rost .     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
Phloem Transport in Plants. By A. S. C rafts and C. H. C risp .
Introduction to the Fine Structure of Plant Cells. By M yron C. L edbetter and K eith R. P orter .
Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology No. 25. Control Mechanisms of Growth and Differentiation. Ed. by D. D. D avies and M. B alls .
Plant Lipid Biochemistry. By C. H itchcock and B. W. N ichols .
Cell Respiration. By W. O. J ames .
Prediction and Measurement of Photosynthetic Productivity.
Fortschritte der Botanik , Vol. 32. Ed. by H. E llenberg , K. E sser , H. M erxmüller , P. S itte and H. Z iegler .
Stoffwechselphysiologie der Pflanzen. By G. R ichter .
Pflanzenphysiologie. By D. H ess .
Moleculare Grundlagen der Entwicklung. By H. M ohr and P. S itte .
The Diversity of Green Plants. By P eter B ell and C hristopher W oodcock .
Anatomy of the Monocotyledons. Ed. by C. R. M etcalfe . Vol. V. Cyperaceae. By C. R. M etcalfe .
Soil Micro-organisms. By T. R. G. G ray and S. T. W illiams .
Des Ovules aux Graines. By M. F avre -D uchartre .
Ecology of Leaf Surface Micro-organisms. Ed. by T. F. P reece and C. H. D ickinson .
Fungal Genetics. By J. R. S. F incham and P. R. D ay .
Étude du Mode de Reproduction: Apomixie Facultative du Point de Vue de la Génétique des Populations. (Study of Facultative Apomixis from the View-point of Population Genetics). By J. P erèns .
Drawings of British Plants ; Part XXVIII: Hydrocharitaceae, Orchidaceae. By S tella R oss -C raig .
Plants of Hong Kong. By S. L. T hrower .
An Atlas of Plant Structure , Vol. 1. By B rian B racegirdle and P atricia H. M iles .
Bioiléctricité, Quelques Problèmes. By S. M eylan .
Studying the Past by Pollen Analysis. By R. G. W est .
The Mysterious Origin of Flowering Plants. By K enneth R. S porne .     

Buchbesprechungen/Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Bromfield, Kenneth R. , Soybean Rust.
„Diagnosemethoden” — Verantwortlich bearbeitet von T heo W etzel
Helgeson, J. P., and B. J. Deverall (Eds.) , Use of Tissue Culture and Protoplasts in Plant Pathology.
Moser, E. , Verfahrenstechnik in Intensivkulturen
Creasy, L. L., and H. Hrazdina , Cellular and Subcellular Localization in Plant Metabolism.
Gonick, L., und M. Wheelis , Genetik in Cartoons.
Johri, B. M. (Ed.) , Experimental embryology of vascular plants.
Böhmer, B. Ratgeber für Pflanzenschutz und Unkrautbekämpfung im Zierpflanzenbau.
Heitefuß, R., K. Konig, A. Obst und M. Reschke , Pflanzenkrankheiten und Schädlinge im Ackerbau.
Thurston, H. D. , Tropical Plant Diseases.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Fay, P. (1983) The Blue-Greens .
Petr, T. (Ed.) (1983) The Purari—Tropical Environment of a High Rainfall River Basin.
Nisbet, B. (1984) Nutrition and Feeding in Protozoa.
Frank, J.H. & Lounibos, L.P. (Eds.) (1983) Phytotelmata: Terrestrial Plants as Hosts for Aquatic Insect Communities.
Elliott, J.M. & Humpesch, U.H. (1983) A Key to the Adults of the British Ephemeroptera.     

REVIEWS

Plant Communities of the Scottish Highlands. A Study of Scottish Mountain, Moorland and Forest Vegetation . (Monographs of the Nature Conservancy, No. 1.) By D onald McV ean and D erek A. R atcliffe .
* L unde , T. (1962). An investigation into the pH-amplitudes of some mountain plants in the county of Trorns. Acta borealia. A: Scientia , Nr. 20.
Physiology and Biochemistry of Algae . Edited by R alph A. L ewin .
Fungal Genetics . By J. R. S. F incham and P. R. D ay .
The Young Botanist . By C. T. P rime .
Organization in Plants . By W. M. M. B aron .
Chromosome Marker . By K. R. L ewis and B. J ohn .
Symbiotic Associations . Thirteenth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology. Edited by P. S. N utman and B arbara M osse .
The Developmental Anatomy of Isoetes. By D ominick J. P aolillo , Jr.
Cucurbits: Botany, Cultivation and Utilization . By T homas W. W hitaker and G len N. D avis .
Common Malayan Plants . By H. B. Gilliland.
Sierra Nevada Natural History . By T racey L. S torer and R obert R. U singer .
Croissance et Développement des Plantes . By L ucie K ofler .
Modern Methods of Plant Analysis , vol. VI. Founded by K. P aech and M. V. T racey , continued by H. F. L inskens and M. V. T racey in co-operation with B. D. S anwal .
Enzyme Chemistry of Phenolic Compounds . Edited by J. B. P ridham .     

Reviews

The Flavonoids. Advances in Research since 1980. Ed. by J. B. H arborne .
Hungry crops : a guide to nutrient deficiencies in field crops By N. J. G rundon .
Microbial ecology: organisms, habitats, activities. By H einz S tolp .
Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi. Ed. by A. D. M. R ayner , C. M. B rasier and D. M oore .
Micro-algal Biotechnology . Edited by M.A. B orowitzka and L. J. B orowitzka and L. J. B orowitzka .
Experimental Phycology: A laboratory manual Edited by C hristopher S. L obban , D avid J. C hapman , and B runo P. K remer .
100 Families of Flowering Plants. By M. H ickey and C. K ing .
Differentiation Patterns in Higher Plants. Edited by K. M. U rbanska .
The Living Tundra. By Yu. I. C hernov , Translated by D. L öve .
North American Terrestrial Vegetation. Edited by M. G. B arbour & W. D. B illings .
Biogeography and Quaternary History in Tropical Latin America. By T. C. W hitmore and G. T. P rance (Editors).
Biogeographical Evolution of the Malay Archipelago . By T. C. W hitmore (Editor).
Postglacial Vegetation of Canada. By J. C. R ichie .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Electron Microscope. By M. E. H aine
Chemical Control of Insects. 2nd ed. By T. F. W est and J. E liot H ardy.
Principles of Animal Taxonomy. By G. G. S impson.
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology. (The late W. R uhland ed.)
Mechanisms in Biological Competition. (Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology. XV.) Edited by F. L. M ilthorpe.     

Reviews

Comparative Animal Physiology. By C. L add P rosser et al.
Organisme et Sexualité. By M. C aullery .
Embryos and Ancestors. By G. R. de B eer .
The Association of Ants with Aphids and Coccids. By G. E. J. N ixon .
Soil and Fresh-Water Nematodes. By T. G oodey
Die Überträger pflanzlicher Viruskrankheiten (The vectors of plant viruses). By K urt H einze .
Leaf Curl Disease of Cotton. By S. A. J. T arr .
Introduction to Mycology. By J. A. M ac D onald .
Pesticide Handbook 1951. Edited by D. E. H. F rear .
Pflanzliche Infektionslehre. By E rnst G äumann .
A Dictionary of Biology. By M. A bercrombie , C. J. H ickman and M. L. J ohnson .
Soviet Genetics. By A. G. M orton .
Gall Midges of Economic Importance. Vol. v. Gall Midges of Trees. By H. F. B arnes .
Four Thousand Million Mouths. Scientific Humanism and the Shadow of World Hunger. Edited by F. L e G ros C lark and N. W. P irie .     

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Review in this article:
The Grass, Fern and Savannah Lands of Ceylon, their Nature and Ecological Significance. By C. H. H olmes .
Guide to the National Pinetum and Forest Plots at Bedgebury. By W. D allimore , R. F. W ood and others. Edited for H.M. Forestry Commission by J. M acdonald and H. J. E dlin .
Elementary Genetics. By W ilma G eorge .
The Stipitate Hydnums of the Eastern United States. By W illiam C hambers C oker and A lma H olland B eere .
Leaf Analysis. By H. L undegårdh , translated by R. L. M itchell .
Trace Elements in Plant Physiology (Lotsya, Vol. 3, I.U.B.S. Colloquia, Series B., No. 1).
Respiration et Métabolisme Azoté ( Etude de physiologie foliaire ) By A lexis M oyse .
Manual of Phycology. An Introduction to the Algae and their Biology. Edited by G ilbert M. S mith .
Recent Advances in the Study of Plant Viruses. By K enneth M. S mith .
An Introduction to the Anatomy of Seed Plants. By E. L. S tover .
Drawings of British Plants. Part V. Caryophyllaceae. By S tella R oss -C raig .
Zur Lebensgeschichte des Schilfs an den Ufern der Schweizer Seen. Beiträge zur geobotanischen Landesaufnahme der Schweiz. Heft 30. By H ans H ürlimann .
Vegetationskarte der Schweiz. In four sheets, I-IV. Scale 1: 200,000. By E mil S chmid .
Native Orchids of North America. By D. S. C orrell .
Advances in Genetics. Vol. IV. Edited by M. D emerec .
Flora of the British Isles. By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg .
Introduction to Mycology. By J. A. M acdonald .     

Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Sachs, L. , Angewandte Statistik (Anwendung statistischer Methoden).
Progress in Botany (Fortschritt der Botanik). Morphology—Physiology—Genetics—Taxonomy—Geobotany. Herausgeber: K. E sser , K. K ubitzki , M. R unge , E. S chnepf , H. Z iegler .
Cummins, G. B., and Yasuyuki Hiratsuka , Illustrated Genera of Rust Fungi.
Pirson, A., and M. H. Zimmermann (Eds.) , Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, New Series, Vol 12 D. O. L. L ange , P. S. N obel , C. B. O smond , H. Z ieg - ler (Eds.): Physiological Plant Ecology IV.
Mass, J. L. (ed) , Compendium of Strawberry Diseases.     

Besprechungen

Book reviews in this article:
Angewandte Entomologie . Herausgegeben von R. F ritzsche , H. G eiler und U. S edlag unter Mitarbeit von L. B ritz , H. G. H erbst , J. O. H üsing , E. K arl , W. L ehmann , G. M asurat , H.-J. M üller , P. M üller , J. N itschmann , H.-W. N olte , G. P roeseler , H. B. S chmidt und W. T annert .
Kelman, A. et al. (Herausg.) , „Sourcebook of Laboratory Exercises in Plant Pathology.”
Proceedings of an international symposium on physiological and biochemical aspects of host-pathogen interactions . (Herausgegeben von A. F uchs und O. M. van A ndel )
Esau, K. , Viruses in plant hosts.
Oberzill, W. , Mikrobiologisdie Analytik — Grundlagen der quantitativen Erfassung von Umwelteinwirkungen auf Mikroorganismen.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Physiology of plants and their cells. By J. A. G ross .
Plant Physiology. By M eiron T homas , S. L. R anson and J. A. R ichardson .
Rate Control of Biological Processes. Symposium No. 27 of the Society for Experimental Biology. Ed. by D. D. D avies
Towards an Understanding of the Mechanism of Heredity. By H. L. K. W hitehouse .
Chromosome Botany and the Origins of Cultivated Plants. By C. D. D arlington .
Handbook of Phycological Methods: Culture Methods and Growth Measurements. By J anet R. S tein (Ed.)
Drawings of British Plants. Part XXXI. Lemnaceae, Alismataceae, Butomaceae, Junca-ginaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, Potamagetonaceae, Ruppiaceae, Zannichelliaceae, Zosteraceae, Najadaceae, Eriocaulaceae. By S tella R oss -C raig .
Census Catalogue of the Flora of Ireland. By M. J. P. S cannell and D. M. S ynnot .
The Genus Lesquerella (Cruciferae) in North America. By R. C. R ollins and E. A. S haw .
Allgemeine Geobotanik. By H. W alter .
Einführung In Die Botanik. By R. B ornkamm .
Ökologie der Pflanzen. By W. L archer .     

Book reviews

Serruya, C. (Ed.) (1978) Lake Kinneret .
Reay, P.J. (1979) Aquaculture .
Neff, J.M. (1979) Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Aquatic Environment. Sources, Fates and Biological Effects .
Thorp J.H. and Gibbons J.W. (Eds) (1978) Energy and Environmental Stress in Aquatic Systems .
Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, Ph.D. (1979) The River Volga and its Life .
Welcomme, R.L. (1979) Fisheries Ecology of Floodplain Rivers .
Heller, H. (Ed.) (1978) Verhandlungen, Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Kiel 1977 .
Elliott J.M. & Mann K.H. (1979) A key to the British freshwater leeches with notes on their life cycles and ecology .
Merritt R.W. & Cummins K.W. (Eds) (1978) An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Plant Cell Structure and Metabolism. By J. L. Hall, T. J. Flowers and R. M. Roberts
The Developmental Biology of Plants and Animals. Ed. by C. F. Graham and P. F. Wareing.
The Physiology of Flowering Plants. (2nd Edition) H. E. Street & H. Öpik.
Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants. By L. Beevers.
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology. Volume 2, Transport in Plants II. Part A Cells. Edited by U. Lüttge and M. G. Pitman with a foreword by R.N. Robertson.
The Biology of Plant Phenolics. By J. R. L. Walker.
The Chemotaxonomy of Plants by P. M. Smith.
Lichenology: Progress and Problems. Ed. by D. H. Brown, D. L. Hawksworth and R. H. Bailey.
Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces. Ed. by C. H. Dickinson and T. F. Preece.
Flora Europaea , Vol. 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Edited by T. G. Tutin, V. H. Heywood, N. A. Burges, D. M. Moore, D. H. Valentine, S. M. Walters and D. A. Webb with the assistance of A. O. Chater, R. A. DeFilipps and I. B. K. Richardson.
Flore de France. Fasicule 2. By M. Guinochet & R. de Vilmorin.
Trees and Bushes of Europe. By Oleg Polunin with drawings by Barbara Everard.
Tropical Rain Forest of the Far East. By T. C. Whitmore, with a chapter on soils by C. P. Burnham.
The Forest Service. A Study in Public Land Management. By Glen O. Robinson.
Aquatic Weeds in S.E. Asia (Proceedings of a Regional Seminar on Noxious Aquatic Vegetation, New Delhi, 12–17 December, 1973). Edited by C. K. Varshney and J. Rzoska.
Crop Genetic Resources for Today and Tomorrow (International Biological Programme 2). Ed. O. H. Frankel and J. G. Hawkes.
The Genetics of Algae (Botanical Monographs, Volume 12). Edited by Ralph A. Lewin.
Morphologische Studien im Bereiche der Pyrrhophyta. Das Problem Form und Selektion. By A. Böhm.