102 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



his remarks upon the geographical distribution of many of 

 the species, as regards the British Islands, are of con- 

 siderable interest. The illustration of the first plumage 

 of MotaciUa raii will probably challenge criticism ; but we 

 have seen specimens nearly, if not quite, as distinctly spotted 

 with blackish brown on the throat and upper part of the 

 breast. As regards the vinous-breasted birds which Mr. 

 Booth considers to be the Scandinavian form of Anthus ob- 

 scurus, they appear to have changed their line of flight during 

 the past ten years, none being now obtained near Brighton, 

 where they were formerly plentiful on migration. It is 

 somewhat remarkable that a field- naturalist of Mr. Booth's 

 experience should not have been able to trace the Grass- 

 hopper Warbler beyond Norfolk : he can hardly have been 

 in Northumberland in summer, for scarcely in any other 

 county in England is the bird so common, especially on the 

 Cheviots. 



2. British Association's Report on Migration in 1882. 



[Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1882. 

 By Mr. John A. Harvie-Brown, Mr. John Cordeaux, Mr. R. M. Bar- 

 rington, and Mr. A. Ct. More. Bvo. London : 1883.] 



This fourth Report is satisfactory, inasmuch as it shows 

 that the keepers of lighthouses and lightships continue to 

 take an interest in the scheme of observations, and some of 

 their contributions are of considerable value. A feature 

 of the year was the enormous migration of Goldcrests {Be- 

 gulus cristatus), extending from the Fseroes, to the north, 

 along the entire east coast of Scotland and England (inclu- 

 sive of Heligoland) down to Guernsey ; and scarcely less 

 remarkable was the great flight of the Jay {Garrulus glan- 

 darius). Among the rare occurrences are those of Oriolus 

 galbida so far north as Lerwick in Shetland; a Pectoral 

 Sandpiper {Tringa maculata) on Loch Lomond; an Eastern 

 Pied Chat {Sawicola morio) on Heligoland, where, by the 

 w^ay, a Little Bustard [Otis tetrax) was also obtained for the 

 first time; an Alpine Swift {Cypselus melba) in Northum- 



