Proceedings of the Xth International Ornithological Congress, Uppsala, June, 1950. "(Almquist & Wicksell, Uppsala, Sweden, 1952. Price Sw. Kr. 35, or £2 8s. 3d. Obtainable direct from Prof. S. Horstadius, Zoologiska Institutionen, Uppsala). T H I S eagerly awaited Report of 662 pages contains the whole of the valuable and in many cases extremely interesting papers read a t the Uppsala Congress, which was of outstanding importance because it brought together the results of a vast amount of research which had been going on disconnectedly in many countries cut off by war and post-war difficulties during a dozen very busy and fruitful years, and also because the excellence of the organisation and handling of the agenda led to an exceptionally high standard of contribution and to a remarkable amount of progress in the focussing of some of the main problems. Although nothing has been wasted on frills (or even on cloth binding) the work is inevitably expensive on account of its many photographs, maps, diagrams and bibliographies as well as its sheer size, but it is an almost indispensable reference work for those who wish to appreciate the pace and nature of recent advances in ornithology, and the extent of ornithological leadership in the development of the biological sciences. Indeed some of those who strove during t h a t hectic week of June two years ago to keep abreast of the flood of good things which poured out often in two or more places and in two or more
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