1 92 1.] Recently published Ornithological Works. 17 1 



Four of the plates contiiiu pliotographic views of some of 

 the localities where collections were formed, and on two 

 others, illustrated l)y a graphic method, the variation of 

 the wing-lengths of several forms. 



Wc must congratulate Dr. Stiest-mann on having acoom- '' 

 plished a fine piece of work, which will be essential for all 

 future students of the fauna of south-eastern Europe. 



Tdverner's recent papers on Canadian urnithuloyij. 



[Birds of ]']astern Canada. By P. A. Taverner. Canada, Geological 

 Survey Memoir 104 (no. 3, l^iological series), pp. iv + 297; 49 col. pis., 

 G8 text-ligs. Ottawa (Govt. Printer), 1919. 8vo.] 



[The Birds of tlie lied Deer River, x\lberta. By P. A. Taveruer. 

 Auk, xxxvi. 1919, pp. 1-21, 248-205 ; 4 pis.] 



[Bird-houses and their Occupants. By P. A. Taverner. Ottawa 

 Naturalist, xxxii. 1919, pp. 119-126.] 



[The Jiirds of Shoal Lake, Manitoba. Id., ibid, xxxii. pp. lo7-144, 

 157-104 ; xxxiii. pp. 12-20.] 



The first and most impcH'taut of Mr. Taverner^s publications 

 is his handbook of the birds of eastern Canada. It contains 

 a large amount of concise information packed into a com- 

 paratively small com{)ass, and deals with 766 species of 

 Canadian birds, all those likely to i)e met with in C-anada 

 from the woodlands of the eastern half of IVTanitoba to the 

 Atlantic coast. 



The species are emphasized at the expense of the subspecies, 

 which are merely mentioned in a paragra])!!. Under each 

 species is given the recognized English name, other vernacular 

 names in use, the French-Canadian name, and the scientific 

 name from the A. 0. U. Check-list. Tiien follow short 

 [)aragraphs on distinctive characters, field-marks, nesting 

 distribution, subspecies, and economic status. The coloured 

 illustrations, two on each plate, are necessarily somewhat 

 small, but are on the whole very successful, and will be 

 found most useful for identification. They are prepared 

 by Mr. Frank Hennessey, of Ottawa, and reflect great credit 

 on the artist. 



In the first part of the work is a good key, based on that 

 in Mr. Chapman's ' Handbook of the Birds of Eastern North 



