The Oologists Record, December i, 1921. loi 



Columba oenas, L., and the Wryneck, Jynx lorquilla, L., breed 

 commonly in the wooded districts to the east of the country. 



The Goldcrest, Regiilus cri status, Koch., is also present, and the 

 little Red-breasted Flycatcher, Muscicapa parva, Bechst., breeds, 

 but is extremely scarce. We often heard the familiar call of the 

 Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, L. 



Of course our list of birds must not be taken as representing the 

 whole of the Danish avifauna — far from it. There are many more, 

 besides those mentioned, which either breed, or are at least met with, 

 in the country. I ha\-e only given the results of our own somewhat 

 limited investigations. 



NEW LIGHT ON THE HABITS OF THE CUCKOO 



[Cuculits canorus). 



Film Representations of Mr. Edgar P. Ch.axce's Wonderful 



Life Studies. 



On ibth November last, there was given at the New Gallery 

 Cinema, in Regent Street, London, a " trade show " of the films 

 Mr. Chance obtained last spring which will dispel entirely many 

 of the traditional ideas hitherto held in regard to the breeding habits 

 of the Cuckoo. It is, perhaps, the most intimate peep we have 

 ever been afforded of the habits of a bird, and, as it clears up so 

 many points that have till now been obscure, to say the least of it, 

 it is difficult to over-rate the importance of what has been accom- 

 plished. Mr. Chance's work marks an epoch in nature study, and 

 we feel sure that from now onwards the film will be, to students of 

 nature, an even more useful ally than the camera. Certainly, no 

 book dealing with our birds will be complete in future without a 

 reference to his pioneer work. 



Mr. Chance was so kind as to invite many of his oological friends 

 on the occasion above referred to, and the Cinema was as crowded 

 as it would have been for a public performance. The applause that 

 greeted the pictures was proof, had any been needed, of the appre- 

 ciation they merited. 



Before the film was shown, Sir William Beach Thomas and Dr, 

 P. Manson-Bahr, F.Z.S., expatiated at length on the scientific value 

 of the result of Mr. Chance's work and after the film had been pro- 

 jected. Sir R. Baden-Powell and Viscount Grey of F'allodon, after 

 eulogising what had been achieved, referred to the great advantages 

 that would accrue if more of such nature studies were shown in 

 Cinemas. 



