282 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Report on Scottish Ornithology in 191 i, including Migra- 

 tion, by Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora J. Rintoul. Edin- 

 burgh : Oliver & Boyd. London : Gurney & Jackson. Price 

 is. 6d. net. 



We heartily welcome this Report, and congratulate the authors 

 on the excellence of their work and on the very voluminous and 

 widespread nature of the data upon which it is based. It embraces 

 Scotland from Tweed and Solway to Unst (the northernmost of our 

 Isles), and from lone St Kilda to the entire Scottish littoral of the 

 North Sea. The Report extends to no less than 80 pages, and its 

 various aspects are treated of comprehensively under the following 

 ten sections: — Introductory; Species new to Scotland; Uncommon 

 Visitors and Birds new to Faunal Areas ; Extension of Breeding 

 Range ; Summer and Nesting ; Winter Plumage, Food, Habits, 

 etc. ; Migration-Summary, and Notes on Bird Movements. We 

 trust that the labours of these indefatigable workers and excellent 

 original observers will meet with the recognition they so well 

 deserve. Their generosity, too, is worthy of mention ; for not 

 only have they borne the whole expense of the publication of the 

 Report, but they have presented copies of it to all the lightkeepers 

 and others who have contributed observations. We trust the 

 Report will have a sale commensurate with its importance, and 

 encourage its authors to prepare and publish it annually. 



The Humble-Bee : Its Life-History, and how to Doiuesticate 

 it, by F. W. L. Sladen. London: Macmillan & Co., 1912. 

 Price 1 os. net. 



This is a particularly interesting volume, based upon an intimate 

 personal knowledge on the part of the author, of the genus Bombus 

 (with its commensal Psithyrus), its various species as found in Britain, 

 their life-history, nest-building, and habits. It is written in a clear, 

 readable style, is beautifully illustrated, and tastefully printed. The 

 descriptions of the various species are well compiled, while the 

 plates, executed in coloured process, are excellent, representing 

 nearly all the British forms in natural size and colour. The book 

 should prove useful to the systematise inspiring to the young 

 amateur, and of much interest to the general reader. 



