250 Recently pitblished Ornithological Works. 



Swift, Scops and Little Owls_, Dartford Warbler, Goldcrest, 

 Long-tailed Titmouse, Coal Titmouse, Wren, Tree Creeper, 

 Nutcracker, Wood Lark, and Sparrow Hawk (3 plates). 

 The standard of excellence is fully maintained, although, of 

 course, some of the illustrations are more effective than 

 others. We cannot help suspecting that the artist has not 

 had a genuine specimen of the jNIarsh Warbler to colour 

 from ; for certainly the bird figured has all the rufous tint of 

 the Reed Warbler. 



45. Macpherson on the Birds of Skye. 



[The Birds of Skye, with sjDecial reference to the Parish of Duiriuish. 

 Part I. 1886. By the Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A. Proc. R. Phys. 

 See. Edinburgh, 1886, p. 118.] 



This pleasantly written paper consists of field-notes on 

 about 153 species, of which Sylvia nisoria, Sitta ccesia, and 

 Puffinus major are new to the Hebrides, and the first is, 

 indeed, new to Scotland. As this contribution is called 

 Part L, we may expect to receive an account of the birds of 

 other parts of Skye at some future time. 



46. Menzbier on the Migration Routes of Russian Birds. 



[Die Zugstrassen der Vogel ini europaischen Russland. Von Dr. 

 Michael v. Menzbier. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, 1886; no. 2.] 



Dr. Menzbier discusses the lately much -vexed question of 

 the routes adopted by northern birds on migration at some 

 length (80 pp.), and offers an improved scheme of arrange- 

 ment of Palmen's six " Vise," which, as regards the Palsearctic 

 Region, he would prefer to place under two principal heads, 

 (\) Vice marince litorales and (2) Vies continentales et subma- 

 rincB litorales, and several sub-heads. At the conclusion of 

 his article Dr. Menzbier puts his results into ten separate 

 conclusions, for an account of which we must refer our 

 readers to the original. An interesting map of European 

 Russia shows the 'Wia norvegica,-"^ "^via baltica,'' ""via 

 pontica," and " via caspica," which appear to be the four 

 principal routes adopted. 



