364 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



31. Braislin on the Birds of Long Island. 



[A List of the Birds of Long Island, New York. By William C 

 Braislin, M.D. Abstr. Proc. Linn. Soc. New York, 1905-7, p. 33.] 



This list of the birds recorded from Long Island has been 

 drawn up by a well-known American ornithologist^ who is 

 perfectly familiar with the local Ornis, and has previously 

 published many papers on the subject. After a short descrip- 

 tion of the Island, which^ notwithstanding its proximity to the 

 great city, " has its bays and marshes still famous for water- 

 fowl/^ and is, moreover, a " frequent resort for waifs of 

 bird-life driven there by storms during migration/^ Dr. 

 Braislin proceeds to his list, in which he enumerates 364 

 species (or subspecies), named and arranged according to the 

 American ' Check-list.' Amongst these we notice as rarities 

 Larus kumlieni, Catharista urubu, Galcarius ornatus, Helmin- 

 thophila leucobronchialis and H. lawrencii (both supposed 

 hvbrids), and our Wheatear, Saxicola oenanthe, of which there 

 are several recent records. A " Bibliography " of previous 

 papers relating to the birds of Long Island occupies 22i 

 pages. A photographic picture is given of an Osprey 

 {Pandion haliaetus) on its nest on Gardiner's Island, where 

 the species is '' strictly protected/' and is stated to be an 

 " abundant summer resident/' and another of aNight-Hawk 

 {Chordeiles virginianus) on a chimney in Dr. Braislin's house 

 in Brooklyn, where it was nesting ! " The eggs of this bird 

 have been several times discovered on the roofs of houses in 

 Brooklyn." 



32. Dresser on Palcearctic Birds' Eggs. 



[Eggs of the Birds of Europe, including all the Species inhabiting the 

 Western Palaearctic Area, By II. E, Dresser. Parts XI., XII., 4to, 

 pp. 361-428. London, 1908.] 



These two parts of Mr. Dresser's fine work are of some- 

 what special importance to us as containing accounts of a 

 considerable number of species that wander to our shores at 

 rare intervals, such as various Buntings, Larks, the Bose- 

 coloured Pastor, and the Nutcracker, while those which do 

 not visit Britain — such as Podoces panderi — are at least of 

 equal interest. 



