1917-] Recently published Ornit)ioJogicalJVorl<s. 207" 



other zoological matters whicli no doubt contain valuable 

 additions to knowledge. The papers are all M'ritten in the 

 Catalan dialect of Spanish and this renders tliem difficult 

 to understand, especially if one has but a small knowledge 

 of Spanish. 



Year'book of the Dutch Bird- Club. 



[Club van Nederlandsclie Vogelkundigeu. Jaarbericlit, no. 6. 

 Deventer (Kluwer), 1910.J 



The chief contributor to this annual publication is the 

 President of the Club, Baron Snouckaej't van Schauburg, 

 who sends his usual report ou events of ornithological 

 importance which have taken place in Holland between the 

 dates October 1915 and September 1916. A bird new to 

 the Dutch avifauna, Pvffinus gravift, was found dead on the 

 coast at Noordwijk, and Baroa Snouckaert comments on. 

 the enoruious number of Wood-Pigeons which wintered in 

 Holland in 1915-16, due partlj'^, he believes, to the abundant 

 supply of beech-nuts. A white Swallow with black eyes, 

 taken in August, is figured. There is also a long paper by 

 Baron Snouckaert on the birds of Harar in south-eastern 

 Abyssinia. This is based on a collection of 277 skins, 

 representing 131 species, collected by Mr. Gunnar Kris- 

 tensen in the neighbourhood of that place. Though no 

 new species are descril)ed, there are many interesting records, 

 and we observe that Baron Snouckaert is most up-to-date 

 in his nomenclature, and that the bulk of the forms noticed 

 bear three names. 



'^ A. C" writes on the birds of Baarn and its neighbour- 

 hood ; this is a topographical and ecological study, and is 

 illustrated with a map of the district, which is not far from 

 Ililversum, near Amsterdam. 



Mr. Eijkman writes on the use of an electrical release for 

 the shutter of a bird-camera, and Mr. Hans contributes an 

 excellent photograph of Anthus campestris M'ith nest and 

 young birds. 



