NEW " BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY " 247 



THE NEW "BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH 

 ORNITHOLOGY"! 



The first two parts of this welcome publication have now 

 appeared, and it is with feelings of admiration, not to say 

 amazement, that the reader will peruse these, the first 

 240, pages of what will certainly prove to be the standard 

 work on the subject. In a prospectus the authors claimed 

 that their aim had been " to give a biographical account of 

 each author or co-author 'of a separately published work, 

 followed by a complete bibliography of published works or 

 contributions to works, and of papers contributed to journals 

 (where such exceed one page in extent), bearing on British 

 Ornithology, and published before 1912. Collations are 

 given in all possible instances, together with verbatim spaced 

 titles of separate works published before 1850, and shorter 

 titles of those published since that date. Critical notes on 

 many of the books are also included. Works containing 

 birds, extra-British as well as British, are included and 

 marked with an asterisk (*)." It will be seen from the 

 above that Mr W. H. Mullens and Mr H. Kirke Swann set 

 themselves an enormous task, and this they have performed 

 with the erudition and care which was to have been 

 expected of two such eminent authorities. Although the 

 preliminary first two parts only cover from A to G, it may 

 be observed that no less than 286 different authors are here 

 dealt with, to whom close on 1385 publications or papers are 

 accredited. As regards the printing, paper, and general 

 get-up of the work, this is worthy of the traditions of the 

 house of Messrs Macmillan & Co. 



A note, printed in red and inserted at the commencement 

 of Part I., intimates that the authors would be very grateful 



^ A Bibliography /of / British Ornithology / from the Earliest Times/ 

 to the End of 1912/ .... By/W. H. Mullens, M.A., LL.M., F.L.S., 

 M.B.O.U./and/ H. Kirke Swann/ .... Macmillan & Co., Limited/ 

 St Martin's Street, London / 1916 / / (Parts I. and II., price 6s. net 

 per part.) 



