158 Recent hj published Oraithohyical Works. 



by its white belly — as it should be; after which the Editors 

 have the courage to say that they have the gravest doubts as 

 to the correctness of the identificaiion of the species. An 

 occurrence of the Red-footed Falcon in Aberdeensliire is 

 recorded ; Avhile the adoption by the INIerlin of an old nest 

 of a Crow in a tree, as a receptacle for its eggs in two suc- 

 cessive years, is given as an illustration of the well-known 

 partiality of this species for a haunt it has formerly occupied. 

 As regards the particular pair, the partiality can no longer be 

 shown, for the gamekeeper, who only managed to kill the 

 female last year, has succeeded in 1897 in destroying the 

 couple, and with them ends for the present the scanty list of 

 the breeding of this species in trees, in Great Britain. The 

 gun has been busy among the Raptores, for a couple of 

 Houey-Buzzards were shot on the Findhorn on the 2nd of 

 September last. 



2. ' The Auk.' 



[The Auk. A Quarterly Journal of Orintliology. Vol. XIV. Nos. 3, 4, 

 July & October, 1897.] 



Among the papers in the July number of our contemporary 

 the first in order is a Study of Vireo philadelphicus by 

 Dr. Jonathan Dwight, illustrated by a coloured plate. 

 Dr. Elliott Coues follows with remarks on the nomenclature 

 of the Turkeys, expressing his conviction that the A.O.U. 

 Check- List has erred in assigning the name Meleagris 

 gallopavo to the North-American bird, and maintaining, in 

 accordance with Mr. Ogilvie Grant (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 xxii. p. 387), that the name properly belongs to the species 

 which inhabits Western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and 

 North Mexico. Mr. Gerritt S. Miller, Jun., discourses on 

 abnormal colour-markings. Mr. Mackay has an interesting 

 article on the Terns of Penikese Island, Massachusetts, 

 and he deplores the wholesale robbery of eggs by fishermen 

 and others ; the species found breeding were the Common and 

 Roseate Terns. It is convenient to mention here that the 

 same writer has a similar paper on the Terns of Muskeget Island 

 in the October number. INIr. E. A. Mcllhenny contiibutes 



