BodIc Xotirrs ((,1(1 /?('ri('/cs. 150 



l)ut, tliey wen-, late ; 

 aids of twonty on the 

 r .Martin. Wheatears, 

 .11 tlie sand liills. 

 II. S. (Cleethorpes), 



Book Notices and Reviews. 



.V DicTioNAitv ..I' Knui.isii AMI Fdi.K XA\ir,< Ml- l',i;iiisii KiitDs: By H 

 KirkeSwann. Demy Hvo., 10s. net. London: Witherby i^i Co., ItJO. 

 High Holhorn. W C. 



A prosjiectus of tliis interesting Dictionary has been sent us. It gives 

 tlic vernacular names ot British Birds and their origin and meaning ; also 

 the Folk-lore relating to indigenous species. It possesses the following 

 s])ecial features : 



(H English Book-names, culled from i>ast authors — 1544 to date. 

 (•2) Accejited names of tlie i.resent day, with their history and first 

 usage. 



(3) Provincial, Local, and Dialect names, with their locality and 



meaning. 



(4) AVelsh, Gaelic, Cornish and Irish names. 



(')) Folk-Lore, Weather-Lore, Legends, etc., connected with each 

 bird. 



It should i)rovc of great interest to ornithologists and also to all 

 keepers and admirers of our native avifauna. 



WiLO LrKK, An Illustrated Monthly, Edited l)y Douglas English. Dudley 

 House, Southami)toii Street, London, W.C. 



We cannot attempt a full review or description in this issue, the con- 

 tents, notes and reproduced photographs (the illustrations are from photos 

 mill/] are the work of the Zoological Photograjihic Cluli. To all interestep 

 in wild creatures in their native haunts and natural surroundings, this 

 monthly will strongly appeal, and no one who loves wild life can fail to be 

 interested therein. We believe the annual subscription is 30s., and it is most 

 e.xcellent value. In the parts already issued birds have been to the fore, in- 

 cluding some of our memb'ir's, (Mr. H. Willfordi, whose beautiful i)hotos of 

 bird life so frecpiently adorn our pages. Every phase of nature is repre- 

 sented, and the reproduced photos present them to us "at home" in the 

 midst of their natural sui ronndings. More than this we cannot say. It 

 should oe upon the table of every public and i)rivate library, and adorn the 

 bookshelves of every ornithologist an<l l.iid-lover who can afford it. We 

 strongly commend it to our readei's. 



Among other recent issues, of interest to Bird Lovers is : 

 Oil! YANlsiiiNfi Wri.I) LlfE, by William T Hornaday, Director of the 

 New Yoi'k Zoological Park, etc. Profusely Illustrated. New York; 

 Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913, 



