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case of a drake Pintail which paired with a Mallard Duck, 

 and brought off a brood at Toft, near Knutsford. 



On the whole, Cheshire has a poor avifauna, owing to its 

 want of a rocky coast-line and its position, which places 

 it apart from the best-known lines of migration ; but the 

 county is especially interesting as being one in which the 

 breeding-ranges of several northern and southern specks 

 meet. 



Additional value is given to the work by a sketch of the 

 Acts for the Protection of Birds and Eggs, and of the special ly 

 protected areas, by a section on Migration, and by a very 

 full Bibliography referring to the whole subject. A good 

 map of Cheshire is added. 



The Classification and Nomenclature used are mainly those 

 of Howard Saunders, though Hartert is followed where he 

 has distinguished British races from those of the Continent ; 

 we fail, however, to see w r hy " Linue " is used, instead of 

 " Linnseus " or one of the usual abbreviations, in cases where 

 his specific names are adopted. 



The portions of the book on Mammals and Birds arc the 

 work of Messrs. T. A. Coward and C. Oldham, as are those 

 on the Beptiles, Amphibians, &c, while that on the Fishes 

 is by Mr J. Johnstone, and Mr. J. A. Dockray contributes 

 the article on the Dee as a resort of Wild-fowl. The plates 

 are excellent and are chiefly from photographs by Mr. T. 

 Baddeley. 



83. Dresser on Palaarctic Birds' Eggs. 



[Eggs of the Birds of Europe, including all the Species inhabiting the 

 Western Palsearctic Area. By II. E. Dresser. Parts XXL, XXII. 

 February 1910.] 



Mr. Dresser's great work on Oology is now nearing com- 

 pletion, one more part only remaining to be issued. In the 

 present part we have the continuation of the Scolopacidae, 

 the Terns, the Gulls (including the Skuas), and some of the 

 Petrels ; and we wish once more to draw particular attention 

 to the great mass of new information on the range of many 

 species derived from Mr. Buturlin, and on his experiences 



