48 The Oologists' Record, June i, 192 1. 



A correspondent in the Philippine Islands states that for some 

 reason or another there is a great difficulty in finding eggs in the 

 islands. One trouble is that the vegetation is very rank, and another 

 that there is no well-marked nesting season as in temperate climes, 

 and no month in the year when some birds are not nesting. Our 

 correspondent states that the European Tree Sparrow {Passer 

 montaniis), which has been introduced, is doing fairly well in the 

 vicinity of Manila and also in Cebu. 



A copy of Mr. Francis Edwards' latest list of ornithological 

 works, just to hand, includes many of great interes^t to the oologist 

 both in the United Kingdom and abroad. One wonders if the 

 time will ever return when really good scientific books can be 

 produced at the prices prevailing before the war. 



Apropos of books, we are often asked to recommend a concise 

 work on British birds and eggs for overseas oologists. In such 

 cases we usually suggest Mr. Coward's most excellent two-volume 

 work (cloth, 25s. net). With the exception of the poor quality 

 of the illustrations of eggs there is nothing else anywhere approaching 

 it. The coloured illustrations of birds are beyond praise, and the 

 many photo illustrations of nests in situ are extremely good also. 



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