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his labours, and to express our admiration at the manner in which 

 he has accomplished a most arduous and difficult task. 



We hope now that Mr. Saunders will turn his attention to the 

 larger work which has become a desideratum for British ornithology, 

 and our knowledge of British birds in all lands, grows apace - 

 namely, a new edition of Yarrell's " British Birds," by the author who 

 has proved himself to be on all occasions such an able exponent of 

 the subject. 



A LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS BELONGING TO THE HUMBER 

 DISTRICT (HAVING SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR MIGRATIONS), 

 REVISED TO APRIL 1899. By John Cordeaux, J.P., F.R.G.S., 

 M.B.O.U., etc. (London: R. H. Porter, 1899.) 



Since this valuable and acceptable List was issued, its author, 

 one of the most excellent of men, has passed from among us. It is 

 his last published work. The loss of John Cordeaux to British 

 Natural History is a great one. Equally great is the loss sustained 

 by a host of his friends, for he was no ordinary man to those who 

 kneiv him. Possessed, beyond most, of those rare qualities which 

 make a man lovable as well as honoured, he won our affectionate 

 regard as well as our great respect and admiration. We desire to 

 place on record this little tribute to the memory of our old and 

 valued friend and able colleague one with whom we have been so 

 intimately, so pleasurably, and so advantageously associated for so 

 many years. 



The List, it is almost unnecessary to state, is an admirable one. 

 It treats of one of the most interesting faunal areas in Britain, and is 

 written by him who was associated with it through a lifelong con- 

 nection as a naturalist one, too, who was unrivalled as an observer 

 and as an authority on the subject of migration. Although it 

 contains only 40 pages, it treats of no less than 322 species, and 

 tells us all that is essential concerning their status and their migra- 

 tions. It is a valuable contribution to British ornithology and to the 

 phenomenon of bird-migration, as observed on our coasts, and is 

 indispensable to all who are interested in these subjects and they 

 are many. 



BIRD LIFE IN AN ARCTIC SPRING. The Diaries of Dan 

 Meinertzhagen and R. P. Hornby. (London : R. H. Porter, 



1899.) 



A reviewer of this little tribute of parental affection has no easy 

 task. Snatched away at the age of twenty-three, Mr Meinertzhagen 

 had shown that he possessed the inborn genius of a naturalist, while 

 his education and position gave promise of a brilliant career. It is 

 not expressly so stated, but we may perhaps presume that his desire 

 to see for himself the home of so many birds which rarely or 

 never breed with us led him northward as it has led others ; for 

 assuredly the incunabula of the species which yearly winter in these 



