Recently published OrnitJiological Works. 381 



We Avill now add one or two remarks, as we turn over 

 the pages of Dr. Van Oort's paper. 



Two specimens of Gyps fiilvus have been killed in Holland, 

 and lielp to authenticate the occurrence o£ the single British 

 example. 



Dr. Van Oort recognises three forms of Parus palustris as 

 found in Holland, and calls them Parus communis longi- 

 rostris, P. montanus salicariiis, and P. montanus borealis. 

 According to Baron Snouckaert a specimen of the last-named 

 race has been, obtained in North Brabant. Mr. Ogilvie- 

 Grant has lately recorded its occurrence in England (Bull. 

 B. O. C. vol. xxiii. p. 34). 



Our author refers all the Dutch Creepers of which he 

 has specimens at Leyden to Certhia brachydactyla. 



An example of Emberiza leucocephala, said to have been 

 captured alive on May 3rd, 1873, and subsequently kept in 

 the Zoological Garden at Rotterdam, is now in the Leyden 

 Museum. We believe that a single specimen of this 

 eastern form oi Emberiza palustris has recently been obtained 

 in Great Britain (see Bull. B. 0. C. vol. xxi. p. 101). 



50. Verner on the Wild Birds of Spain. 



[My Life among the Wild Birds of Spain. By Colonel Willoughby 

 Verner (late Rifle Brigade). London : John Bale, Sous, and 

 Danielsson, Ltd., 1909. 1 vol., large 8vo.] 



All bird-lovers — especially if they happen to be, or have 

 been, birds'-nesters — will, we think, be delighted with 

 Col. Verner^s volume, which gives us the chief experiences 

 of a life devoted to bird-hunting, profusely illustrated by 

 the facile pencil and ready camera of the talented author. 

 Of narratives of the pursuit and destruction of the larger 

 game-animals we have had a large supply of late years. 

 We confess to be nearly satiated with these talcs of 

 slaughter, although there is often much to be learned by the 

 Naturalist from their perusal. But Col. Verner's book is 

 quite of a different character. Very rarely does he take 

 the life of a parent-bird, although he helps himself to the 

 eggs when they are specially required for his cabinet. In 



