J44 Book Notices and Kcz'icivs. 



Booh Notices and Reviews. 



A 1'ract.ical Handbook of British Birds : By various 

 authors, edited by H. F. Witherby, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.. with 

 uumerous half-tone and coloured illustrations. In 18 parts, 

 price 4s. each. London: Witherby and Co., 326, llii^'h 

 llolborn, VV.C. i. 



Tart l\'. : In this part the I'aniily M OTACI LLl DJi is 

 completed, and Families CliRTUlDAi, SllTlDTE. I'ARID/E, 

 and LANIlDAi are practically and comprehensively dealt with. 

 There is a half-tone plate hgurins.^" juvenile plumages of certain 

 I'aridae; an exquisite coloured plate figuring Contin.ental and 

 British Blue Titmice; C'ontinental, British, and Irish Coal 

 Titmice; British Marsh fitmouse, and British Willow Titmouse. 

 Also numerous and intensely practical text figures. 



Part V. : Contains com])letion of F. LANIlDAi, also 

 /'. JWMBYClLLIDAi and /'. MUSCICAPIDAl is com- 

 menced. A beautiful half-tone plate figures certain 

 Bombycillidac and an exquisite coloured plate figures eight 

 species of the genus Phylloscopiis. There are also numerous 

 luminative text figures of heads, wings, and tails illustrating 

 distinctive features between closely allied species. 



The parts already issued fully demonstrate what the title 

 claims this work to be, and, in our opinion, when completed, this 

 work will be the most complete and practical compendium upon 

 British species yet issued. 



A List of the Birds of thk Gambia: By Emilius 

 Hopkinson. D.S.O., M.A., M.B., B. Ch. (Oxon), Travelling 

 Conunissioner. Gambia; price 4s. Brighton: Farncombe and 

 Co.. Eastern Road. 



The Author states in his Preface : " This is an attempt 



" at a list of the Birds of Gambia, which is based chiefly on the 



Ranges as given in the Brit. Mus. Hand List, and in 



Shelley's Birds of Africa. The compiler has also drawn 



freely on other writers who have dealt with Gambian Birds, 



" and added his own notes on the local distribution of the 



birds he knows, the knowledge having- been gained during 



" the 18 years he has worked in the Gambia Proctorate," 



