516 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



its predecessors in style and in condensation of material. 

 Mr. Harvie-Brown^s remarks upon the main lines of migra- 

 tion in Scotland are very interesting, and to those mentioned 

 by him we may be permitted to add the valley of the Nith, 

 upon the authority of an observant ornithologist, Mr. Robert 

 Service, of Dumfries. As before, a map is prefixed with a 

 numbered index to the stations ; but Ave think that in the 

 body of the Report it would be better if the names of the 

 places were given, for practically readers will not refer to the 

 map at every instant to see, for instance, where Stations 

 "IV., X., XIV., and XXVII/' may be; they may do so at 

 first, but they will not keep it up for long. The suggestion 

 that a list should be formed of localities where foreign fowls 

 like the various species of Porphyrio, Canada Geese, and 

 other water-birds likely to stray, are kept, appears to meet a 

 want, and we recommend it to our readers. Mr. Gatke^s 

 diary from Heligoland is of unusual interest this year; but 

 the days on which nothing whatever occurred might have 

 been omitted, to the saving of many a line. We observe that 

 the Recorders for Ireland trust that " the Commissioners of 

 Irish Lights will distribute six additional copies of Morrises 

 'British Birds' in the present year'^: — would not the 

 coloured plates suffice without the letterpress? 



82. A. W. Butler on the Birds of Indiana. 



[A List of the Birds observed in Franklin County, Indiana. By Amos 

 W. Butler. BuU. Brookville Soc. Nat. Hist., No. 2, 1880.] 



The species mentioned as found in this south-eastern 

 portion of Indiana are 235 in number; and those which 

 breed there are distinguished by an asterisk. This List 

 forms a useful supplement to the accounts already giveu of 

 the avifauna of the district by Dr. Raymond, Mr. E. R. 

 Quick, and the author. 



83. Giglioli on the Birds of Italy. 



[Avifauna Italica. Elenco delle specie di uccelli stazionarie o di pas- 

 saggio in Italia, colla loro sinonimia volgare, e con uotizie piu specialmente 



