Recently published Ornithological Works. 119 



Bell Rock Lighthouse, consists of notes originally published 

 in the local press under the heads of the various months 

 from April 1901 to April 1904. They will interest students 

 of marine zoology, as well as ornithologists, as they give an 

 excellent idea of what may be observed at different times of 

 year at similar spots on the east coast of Scotland. As a 

 record of migration they fail in that the direction of the 

 birds' flight is not given, and the state of the weather is not 

 invariably noted. The book is well written, but no very 

 striking occurrences are reported. 



6. Dubois' ' Synopsis Avium.' 



[Synopsis Avium. Nouveau Manuel d'Ornithologie. Par Alphonse 

 Dubois. One vol., large 8vo. Pp. 1340. Brussels, 1899-1904.] 



This work (cf. ' Ibis,' 1904, p. 147), now quite complete, 

 consists of two volumes, paged continuously. The Index 

 of species and subspecies recently issued is very full, and 

 renders the Synopsis a most useful book of reference to 

 the working Ornithologist. Twelve thousand species are 

 enumerated, besides 3327 subspecies, and references are 

 given to the patria of each and to the publications in which 

 it is to be found described. 



7. Ehmcke on some new Larks. 



[Besckreibungeinigerneuer Lerchenarten aus den Museen von Sarajevo 

 und Budapest. Von A. Ehmcke. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung. ii. pp. 296- 

 301 (1904).] 



In this remarkable paper, after a few preliminary sentences, 

 10 supposed new species of Alauda are described : — A. inter- 

 cede/is from Greece, A. balcanica from the Balkans, A. minuta 

 from Caucasia, A. scliach from Persia, A. beludshistana from 

 Persian Beloochistan, A. cypriaca and A. insularis from 

 Cyprus, A. sordida from Hungary, A. subtilis from Monte- 

 negro, and A. transcaspica from Transcaspia. 



8. ' The Emu.' 



[The Emu. A Quarterly Magazine to popularize the Study and 

 Protection of Native Birds. Official Organ of the Australasian Ornith- 



