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Committee of the British Association on Migration, he asks 

 for returns on the subject from the lighthouses between 

 Varne on the east and Start on the west, and the services of 

 some resident naturalist to supervise these returns, the 

 absence of which causes a serious blot in the Digest of the 

 Reports of the Committee prepared by Mr. Eagle Clarke. 



67. Lee's Photographs of British Birds. 



[Among British Birds in their Nesting-Haunts, illustrated by the 

 Camera. By Oswin A. J. Lee. Pts. VIII.-XI. 4to. Edinburgh: 



1898.] 



The species figured in their breeding-haunts are : — 

 Part VIII. : Turdus musicus, Podiceps cristatus, Stercorarius 

 catarrhactes (2 plates), Syrnium aluco (2 plates), Panurus 

 biarmicus , Numenius arquata (2 plates), Chrysomitris spinus. 

 Part IX. : Stercorarius crepidatus (2 plates), Totanus calidris, 

 Cotile riparia, Uria grylle, Turdus torquatus, Sterna Jluvia- 

 tilis (2 plates), Plialaropus hyperhoreus, Phylloscopus sibi- 

 latrix. Part X. : Sterna macrura, Mergus merganser, Fringilla 

 [melius Ligurinus'] chloris, Larus canus^ Cuculus canorus 

 (2 plates). Accentor modularis, Corvus comix, Paruscaruleus, 

 Numenius p ha opus. Part XI. : Erithacus rubecula, Troglo- 

 dytes parvulus, Corvus frugilegus (2 plates), Parus palustris, 

 Aquila chrysaetus (2 plates) , Muscicapn grisola, Querquedula 

 crecca, Phasianus colchicus. All these are quite up to the 

 level of their predecessors, while the vignettes are excellent. 

 Among the latter we would call attention to the illustration 

 of the Goosander bringing its young in its bill from the 

 recesses of a hollow tree, so narrow that it seems marvellous 

 how the old bird could reach the exit ; while the letterpress 

 with regard to this species is of unusual interest. All the 

 letterpress is good, and for especial commendation we may 

 select the author's practical remarks upon the egg-stealing 

 proclivities of the over- praised Rook. With regard to the 

 Golden Eagle, Mr. Lee may have good grounds for asserting 

 that " sometimes " it " may be seen sailing majestically over 

 the Border hills"; but we fancy that few persons have been 

 privileged to witness the sight — on the Borders. The two 



