246 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



38. The Bombay Natural History Society. 



[Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Edited by E. H. 

 Aitken and R. A. Sterndale. Vol. I. No. 3, July, No. 4, October, 1886.] 



We are glad to see that this new Indian journal, which 

 we noticed in our issue for last October (p. 514), is not only- 

 continued with commendable regularity, but distinctly im- 

 proving upon its already satisfactory commencement. In 

 the July number Capt. E. F. Becher's paper " A Sind Lake,^' 

 with many allusions to birds, is followed by a still more in- 

 teresting contribution on ^' The Waters of Western India, 

 British Deccan, and Kandesh," by a Member who retains his 

 incognito, but who is evidently an excellent field-ornitholo- 

 gist as Avell as sportsman. His second paper in the October 

 number, on the "Waters of the Kondan and Coast," is equally 

 good and will please all classes of readers : we hope he will 

 sign his name to his next article. Mr. J. Davidson, C.S., 

 has a paper on " Birds'-nesting in the Ghats," and Mr. H. 

 Littledale has a contribution on the " Birds of South 

 Gujerat." 



39. Booth on British Birds, 



[Rough Notes on the Birds observed duringTwenty Years' Shooting and 

 Collecting in the British Islands. By E. T. Booth. With Plates from 

 Drawings by E. Neale, taken from specimens in the Author's possession. 

 Parts X.-Xill. Folio. London: 1886.] 



In Part X. the species figured are the House Sparrow, 

 Black Grouse, Red Grouse, Spoonbill, Grey-lag Goose, 

 Scoter (immature), and Smew (immature). In Part XI., the 

 Rock Dove, Snipe, Curlew Sandpiper, Knot, Pufl&n (Mr. 

 Booth makes no allusion to the shedding of the outer shell 

 of the bill), Roseate Tern, and Little Gull (immature). 

 In an article on the Arctic Tern and on the species which 

 breed on the Fame Islands, Mr. Booth omits the Common 

 Tern from the catalogue, for the very good reason that he 

 was unable to identify that species ; but we can assure him 

 that not only was it breeding there in considerable numbers 

 in 1881, but also tliat Saunders can show him one of a colony 



