484 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Mr. D. C. Campbell's account of the Dunlin, a species 

 which nests in far greater abundance in the north-west of 

 Ireland than is generally supposed. There are several 

 records of the visits of Waxwings to Ulster ; four Snow- 

 Geese were noticed on the Moy in February — survivors, 

 perhaps, of those previously seen in Co. Longford and 

 Co. Mayo ; and a second Irish example of the Little Crake 

 was obtained in Co. Kildare. Mr. Ussher's paper on the 

 birds of the Shannon valley is supplemented by some notes 

 from the Lough Derg portion by Mr. Anthony Parker, who 

 recently found the Garden-Warbler nesting there. An 

 occurrence of the Stone-Curlew — a rare bird for Ireland — is 

 recorded ; a female Turtle-Dove was shot with eggs in 

 her ovary, the nearest approach to breeding in the sister 

 island for more than half a century, while only two instances 

 are reported in all. — H. S. 



G8. Lameere on Sexual Ornaments in Birds. 



[L'evolution des Ornements Sexuels. Par Aug - . Lameere. Bull. Ac. 

 Belgique, 1904, pp. 1327 1364.] 



This paper sets forth arguments, based chiefly on birds 

 and insects, against Darwin's views on Sexual Selection, 

 coupled with those of Wallace. The author considers that 

 all selection is " Natural/' and that the aim of secondary 

 sexual characters is utility in some form, whether for pro- 

 tective purposes, use in combat with foes, or stirring up the 

 passions of the female. These sexual characters are often 

 most pronounced in the early stages of the development of 

 a species, males and females becoming more alike later. If 

 the selection was " sexual/' this would hardly be the case, 

 nor would the females, with individually different ideas of 

 beauty, be certain to choose the male most calculated to 

 ensure the survival of the fittest. 



69. Leverkuhn on the three Naumanns and their Works. 



[Biograpbiscbes iiber die drei Naumanns, und Bibliographisches iiber 

 Ibre Werke, nebst den Vorreden zur zweite Aurlage der Naturgeschicbte 

 der Vogel Deutscblands. Bearbeitet von Paul Leverkiibn. Mit 8 nur 



