Recently published Ornithological Works. 207 



1894, 1898), writes on two small collections recently re- 

 ceived from that country. In the first of these, from 

 Angmagsalik, in East Greenland, there are no new species 

 represented ; in the second, from West Greenland, the first 

 occurrences in Greenland of the White-billed Northern 

 Diver, Colymbus adamsi, and of the Bobolink of North 

 America, DoUchonyx oryzivorus, are recorded. 



17. Herman on the Miyration Question. 



rVoni Zuge del- Vcigel auf p()^lliver (Trundlage. Von Otto Herman. 

 'Aquila,']899, p. 1.] 



Those who are interested in the question of the migration 

 of birds should not fail to consult Herr Merman's essav, 

 which contains a good resume of the present state of our 

 knowledge of this very difficult and mysterious subject. 

 Although much light has been thrown upon it by the 

 numerous writers of whose labours the author gives us the 

 results, we cannot say that either the causes of migration 

 or the manner in which it is effected have been yet satis- 

 factorily explained. 



18. ^ Irish Naturalist.' 



[The Irish Naturalist, a Monthly Journal of general Irish Natural 

 History. Edited by G. H. Carpenter and R. Lloyd Pr.ieger. Vol. viii. 

 Nos 0-] 2. Dublin : Easou .^- Sons, Ltd., 1899.] " 



The ornithological portion of this useful magazine con- 

 tinues to be well kept up. The notes on the Razorbill, made 

 by Mr. Carron, one of the Irish lighthouse-keepers, and 

 communicated by Mr. R. M. Barrington, are well deserving of 

 attention; and Mr. Edward Williams's account of the occur- 

 rence of the Sociable Plover ( Vanellus gregarius) near Navan, 

 CO. Meath, is of remarkable interest. A photograph of this 

 rare visitor, with full details, is given in the November part, 

 and it is rather remarkable that, although this bird's most 

 western breeding-limit is in the Crimea, yet the first British 

 example occurred in Lancashire, and the present specimen has 

 been obtained in Ireland. Dr. C. J. Patten, after writing at 

 some length about the nesting of the Little Tern^ has given 



