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101. Saunders's ' Manual uf British Birds.' 



[An Illustrated Manual of British Birds. Second Edition, revised and 

 enlarged. Parts Vl.-XX. 8vo. London, 1899.] 



This work^ which was noticed up to Part V. in ' The Ibis ' 

 for 1898 (p. 307), was completed in June. In Parts VI,-XX. 

 new articles, with illustrations by Mr. G. E. Lodge, are 

 given of the Siberian Meadow-Bunting, Gyr- Falcon, Caspian 

 Plover, Madeiran Fork-tailed Petrel, Frigate Petrel, Collared 

 Petrel, Black-browed Albatross, and Radde^s Bush-Warbler 

 (p. 73*) ; a new figure and description of the Little Dusky 

 Shearwater are substituted for those of Pujffinus obscurus ; 

 and articles on the Rufous Turtle-Dove, Siberian Pectoral 

 Sandpiper, Yellow- legged Herring- Gull, and Levantine 

 Shearwater are added, although those four species are not 

 figured, because of their close resemblance to species already 

 illustrated. Almost at the last moment the American 

 Spotted Sandpiper was added to the list (p. 605"^), and the 

 original figure from 'YarrelFs British Birds' was utilized. 

 Fresh illustrations by Mr. Lodge are substituted for those in 

 the 1st edition of the Short-eared Owl, Tawny Owl, Golden 

 Eagle, Honey-Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Little 

 Bittern, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, White-billed Northern 

 Diver, Black-throated Diver, and Red-throated Diver. 



" Of the 384 species now described, those which have bred 

 within the United Kingdom during the present century may 

 be taken as 199 (if the extinct Great Auk is included) ; 

 about 74 non-breeding wanderers have occurred fewer than 

 six times, and 66 others are more or less infrequent visitors ; 

 while 45 species annually make their appearance, on migration 

 or during the colder months, in some portion of our long, 

 narrow group of islands or upon the surrounding waters.'' 



Three new coloured maps are added, and of these the 

 North Polar chart embodies the latest discoveries by 

 Dr. Nansen and others. The printed additions to our 

 knowledge since the 1st edition was published in 1889, as 

 well as the cordial assistance privately rendered, have led to 

 important alterations (especially as regards geographical 

 distribution) in a very large number of the articles. 



