216 Recently published Ornithological IVorks. 



31. IVinge on the Birds of the Danish Lighthouses, 1898. 

 [Fuglene ved de dansike Fyr i 1898. 16de Aarsberetuing oin danske 



Fiio'le. Ved Hei-luf Winge. Vid. Meddel. fra d. iialurh. Foreii. i. Kbhvn. 

 1899, p. 387.] 



The excellent and methodical Annual Report on tlie birds 

 taken and observed at the Danish lighthouses, accompanied 

 by the usual well-drawn map, is again before us {of. Ibis, 

 1899, p. 152). The Report for 1898 informs us that 940 

 specimens were received in that year from 33 lighthouses, 

 besides notices of others, bringing up the total to 1300 occur- 

 rences. These are referable to 60 species, of which thi'ee 

 are new to the list, namely, Totanus ochropus, Corvus frugi- 

 legus, and Loxia curvirostra. The three species that occurred 

 most numerously in 1898 were Alauda arvensis, Sturnus 

 vulgaris, and Tardus merida, not usually considered as 

 migrants in Denmark. 



32. Witchell on Birds' Notes. 



[Cries and Call-Notes of Wild Birds : a popular Description of the 

 Notes employed by our commoner British Birds in their Songs and Calls. 

 With Musical Illustrations. By C. A. Witchell. Svo. London : 

 Upcott Gill, 1899.] 



In ' The Ibis,^ 1896, p. 582, we gave a favourable notice 

 of this author's 'Evolution of Bird-Song'; and in pursuit 

 of the fascinating subject of bird-language Mr, Witchell 

 has now produced a little book in the popular style supposed 

 to be suited to the tastes of the end of this century. Town- 

 birds, Woodland-birds, Upland-birds, and Water-birds form 

 the main divisions of the work, and there is plenty of good 

 matter in the author's remarks. There wall, however, be 

 always the difficulty that few persons can go far in agree- 

 ment as to the rendering of birds' notes ; in fact, their 

 unanimity on this subject is rare, while their divergence 

 of opinion is often extreme. 



33. Messrs. Woodward on the Birds of Natal. 



[Natal Birds (including the Species belonging to Natal and the Eastern 

 Districts of the Cape Colony). By R. B. and J. D. S. Woodward. 

 Pietermarltzburg, 1899. 216 pp. 



