196 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. x. 



Man " appeared in the Zoologist for 1901 and not in the Ibis 

 as stated (p. 485). 



The asterisk by which works which deal with non-British 

 species are denoted seems to be used rather erratically. Thus 

 Mr. Parkin's pamphlet on the Great Auk (p. 457) is marked 

 with an asterisk, while it is absent from Newton's papers on 

 the same subject, and also from the Ooiheca Wolleyana, in 

 which are included many species outside the British List. 



F. C. R. JOURDAIN. 



British Birds. Written and illustrated by A. Thorburn, 

 F.Z.S., with eighty plates in colour, 13xl0| inches. 

 Four Vols., £6 6s. net. (Longmans). Vol. IV., 1916. 



This is the concluding volume of Mr. Thorburn's work, and 

 we must congratulate him and his publishers in having 

 successfully completed so fine a work in these times of stress. 

 This volume is chiefly devoted to Waders, Gulls, Terns, Skuas, 

 Auks, Divers, Grebes, and Petrels. 



The plates are perhaps even more crowded than those in 

 the previous volumes, and this is especially noticeable in the 

 Waders, where both summer and winter plumages have 

 usually been given. 



If we examine the whole series of plates given in the four 

 volumes, and look at the drawings of each bird individually, 

 we find that Mr. Thorburn has accomplished a remarkable 

 task. Each drawing is bright and good, and the attitudes 

 of the birds are varied and for the most part true to nature. 

 The colouring is perhaps in many cases over-brilliant, but it 

 is clean and put on by a master hand, and altogether these 

 illustrations of the adults of the birds on the British list will 

 not easily be surpassed. H. F. W. 



