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Transactions of the HertfordsMre Natural History Society, 

 Vol. XIII. Part I. Dulau & Co. 4s. 6d. net. 



This part contains a valuable paper (pp. 49-64) entitled " Notes 

 on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1905," by 

 W. Biekerton. 



Attention may be drawn to the following : — A si^ecimen of 

 Leach's Forh-tailed Petrel, which is an addition to the county 

 list, was found dead in December, 1905, near Watford : the 

 record of the Bearded Titmouse is referred to elsewhere ; the 

 Girl Bunting, not recorded for many years, was heard singing 

 near Tring, in June, by Dr. Hartert ; a pair of Ravens visited 

 Elstree Reservoir on July 27th ; a Stone-Curlexv was shot near 

 St. Albans in November ; the Common Snipe and Bedshanlc were 

 added to the list of birds breeding in the county ; the 7ree- 

 Creejjer and the Corncrake are reported as decreasing, and the 

 Yellow Wagtail and Goldfinch as increasing. The Report closes 

 with son:e dates of the arrival and departure of migrants. 



In Part III., Vol. VIII., of the Transactions of the Norfolk and 

 Norwich Naturalists' Society, Mr. W. Gr. Clarke gives a summary 

 of his notes on the Natural History of the Thetford district 

 since his last communication, ten years ago. Ornithology, as 

 one would expect, takes the foremost place in this communica- 

 tion, and some most interesting facts will be found recorded. 

 Miss E. L. Turner contributes a delightful paper on the 

 nesting habits of the Coot and Great Crested-Grebe, and Mr. A. 

 Patterson a number of " Natural History Notes from Yarmouth " 

 during 1906. On July 21st he had the good fortune to Avatch 

 a Pelican, which we suspect was an escape, on Breydon Water, 

 while a little later (September 3rd) he saw four Glossy Ibises 

 on this famous sheet of water. On September 4th a flock of 

 thirteen Bed-Crested Pochards were seen there, nine of which 

 were killed. Records of these have of course already appeared. 

 His notes on migration, and on the movements of the birds 

 during the hard- weather of Christmas, 1906, are extremely 

 interesting. 



This number also contains some very useful summaries with 

 regard to the work of the Wild Birds Protection Societies on 

 the Norfolk Coast. Reports are given from Wolfertou, Blakeney 

 and Cley, Wells, and Breydon Water. 



