Recently published Orn'ttholofjical Worhs. 703 



relates his own experiences, and gives the latest information 

 on such points as the increase of the Goldfinch and Tree- 

 Sparrow, the present status of the Jay, Magpie, Raven, 

 Wryneck, Hoopoe, Peregrine Falcon, and Kittiwake. 



Mr. Fox acknowledges his great indebtedness to 

 Messrs. Kelsall and Munn's work ' The Birds of Hampshire 

 and the Isle of Wight,' with its much fuller treatment 

 of Ornithology ; and the present list may advantageously 

 be placed side by side with that book for purposes of 

 comparison. 



90. GrinnelVs 'Bibliography of Calif ornian Ornithology.' 



[Pacific Coast Avifauna. A Bibliography of California Ornithology. 

 By Joseph Grinnell, Cooper Ornithological Club.] 



For those who are studying the Western Avifauna 

 of the Nearctic Region this will be a very useful 

 publication. It contains a list all such books and papers 

 as relate '^ either as a whole or in any part to the Birds of 

 California." As will be seen, the list is long and extends 

 over 140 pages. It is nicely got up and clearly printed, and 

 does great credit to Mr. Grinnell (the Editor of ' The 

 Condor '), who has composed it for the Cooper Ornithological 

 Club. 



91. Harington on the Birds of Burma. 



[The Birds of Burma. By H. H. Harington, Major, Indian Army, 

 M.B.O.U., F.Z.S. Rangoon, 1909. 134 pp. 8vo.] 



This is a series of popular notes on the Birds of Burma_, the 

 majority of which have already appeared in the ' Rangoon 

 Gazette.' As now put together they form a useful source of 

 information for those who wish to make a general acquaint- 

 ance with the bird-life of Burma and find Blanford (not 

 Blanc?ford as spelt by Major Harington) and Gates' ' Fauna 

 of British India ' too bulky to be carried about conveniently. 

 Besides notices of the habits and localities frequented by 

 the bii"ds, short informal descriptions are added of most of 



