02 BRITISH BIRDS. 



(Sclilegel), for the first and only time in Eurojie, at Tarporley 

 in 1908, and that of the American Bkie-winged Teal, Querque- 

 dula discors (L.), about fifty years ago, a time when it is 

 extremely improbable that this bird was kept in confinement 

 in this country. As might have been expected from its distri- 

 bution in Wales, the Cirl Bunting has now been definitely 

 recorded from within the county, but we notice that no men- 

 tion is made of the Willow-Tit. Messrs. Coward and Oldham 

 regard the Pied Flycatcher as a bird of double passage only, 

 and are probably correct in their view, but the Field of 

 October 7th, 1871, contains a statement by W. Purnell that 

 this species bred on one occasion near Crewe. The site men- 

 tioned is improbable, but the circumstance is worth investiga- 

 tion. The Teal (j). 331) not only breeds on the hills east of 

 Macclesfield, but also on the Longdendale moors. On the 

 whole errata and misprints are conspicuous by their absence, 

 but Ave must demur to the name " Northern " European 

 Nutcracker applied to N. caryocatactes caryocatactes (p. 236). 

 All the European i"esid»'nt birds belong to the thick-billed 

 form, which, by the way, breeds in numbers as far south as 

 Bosnia and is found in the Balkans, and is really a Western 

 form . 



The nomenclature adopted is distinctly in advance of that 

 of most of our county faunas, and where necessary the 

 trinomial system has been adopted to distinguish local races. 

 We think, however, that it might with advantage have been 

 extended to the British Yellow Wagtail and the Red Grouse. 

 In conclusion, we may say that the work is capitally illustrated ; 

 the views of local scenery are good and clear and give an 

 excellent idea of the countrv. 



F. C. R. J. 



The British Warblers — A History with Problems of their Lives. 

 By H. Eliot Howard, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. Part IV. 

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Another part of Mr. Howard's interesting work on the habits 

 of the warblers he has studied so intimately is very Avelcome.* 

 This part concerns chiefly the Common and Lesser White- 

 throat and is illustrated as before by Mr. Gronvold's beautiful 

 drawings reproduced in colour and photogravure. Phyllos- 

 copus viridanus and P. tristis are also included in this part, 

 but are treated in the usual perfunctory style adopted in 

 * For notices of previous parts, see Vol. II., i^i^. 67-8. Vol. III., pp. 62-4. 



