744 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



Perhaps the most striking contribution is that of Mr. Edgar 

 Chance^ wlio again, for the third year in succes^sion, watched 

 through May and June a female Cuckoo wliich haunted 

 a small gorse-clad common in Worcestershire. He believes 

 that this one individual laid 21 eggs at intervals of about 

 48 hours each between May 13 and June 27 in the nests of 

 Meadow-Pipits, of which there were nine pairs inhabiting 

 the common. The Pipits built thirty nests altogether, and 

 this it appears was brought about by destroying the nest 

 after the Cuckoo had deposited her egg in it, so as to 

 arrange for fresh nests to be ready for the Cuckoo at a 

 subsequent date. Mr. Chance has described his observa- 

 tions, stated his case, and drawn his conclusions with great 

 clearness. We understand that during the present year he 

 has again been at work, and has taken a series of ''moving 

 pictures ^' which will be shown to the members of the 

 B. O. C. during the coming winter. 



Mr. C. B. Ticehurst contributes a series of articles on the 

 history of birds now very rare or extinct in Kent, such as 

 the Kite, Buzzard, Swan, Great Bustard, and Crane; he has 

 obtained a great deal of information from the study of old 

 books and manuscripts. Mr. J. K. Nash writes on the 

 occurrence of the Bee-eater in Midlothian, and how the 

 pair observed were on the point of nesting when the female 

 was captured by a local gardener; and Mr. F. N. Chasen 

 ■gives an account of the nesting of the Lesser Kestrel in 

 Macedonia. 



Among the illustrated articles are a series by Miss E. L. 

 Turner, who has taken her camera to the sand-dunes of 

 Holland and has brought back beautiful examples of her 

 skill, illustrating the Black-tailed Godwit, the Black Tern, 

 the Ruff, and the Avocet ; while Mr. T. Lewis contributes 

 notes on the nest of the Little Tern on the coast of Norfolk, 

 illustrated with exquisite photographs of the sitting female 

 being fed by the male. 



Mr. Witherby himself discusses the occurrence of the 

 Spotted Eagle and the Steppe Buzzard in the British Isles, 

 and comes to the conclusion that all the records of the 



