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JOURNAL OF THE WILD BIRD INVESTIGATION SOCIETY. 



A General Bibliography of British Ornith- 

 ology from the earliest times to the end of 

 1918. By W. H. Mullens, H. Kirke Swann, 

 and the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain. Pt. i, 

 pp. 1-96; Pt. 2, pp. 97-192. London: 

 Witherby & Co. 1919-20. Price 6s. net 

 per Part. 



Useful as it was in its day (1880), the Ornitho- 

 logical Bibliography (pt. iv.) of Coues contains 

 many omissions and errors, whilst the absence of 

 any svstem of classification makes it very trouble- 

 some to refer to. In the intervening forty years 

 a voluminous literature has appeared dealing 

 with our British wild birds, and all ornithologists 

 who have had to search through scientific 

 journals and periodical literature are well aware 

 of the time and labour such work entails. We 

 therefore extend a hearty welcome to the present 

 Bibliography. 



There are hundreds of workers who desire to 

 learn what has been written on their local 

 avifauna, be it a country village, town, dis- 

 trict, or county, and, thanks to the authors of 

 this work, thev can now turn to any county in the 

 British Isles and find complete references from 

 the earliest times to the end nf 1918. 



The mere mechanical labour of compilation 

 must have been no slight task, whilst the method 

 of classification and presentation has involved an 

 amount of thought and \Vork of no mean order. 



After a most careful scrutiny of the parts 

 before us, we have no hesitation in stating that 

 this w ork will prove one of the most complete 

 and useful ever published, invaluable to all who 

 are interested in the geographical distribution of 

 British birds, and one that should find a place in 

 the librarv of everv ornithologist in the country. 



Nothing that care and foresight could provide 

 have been witheld to make this a bibliography of 

 a monumental character, and we extend to its 

 authors our heartiest congratulations on the pro- 

 duction of a work admirable in conception, 

 carefullv planned, and well executed. We have 

 only one adverse criticism — the paper on which 

 the work is printed is abominable. 



BoNHOTE, J. Lewls. — Bird Liming in Lower 

 Egypt. Gov. Press, Cairo, 1919. Zool. 

 Service, Pub. No. 28, pp. 1-9. 



BicKERTON, W. — The Oyster-Catcher or Sea-Pie. 

 Country Life, 1919, pp. 484-487, 11 figs. 



BoLAM, George. — A Migration of Ravens. 



Ibid., 1920, p. 126. 

 BiTLER, A. G. — Magpie Moth larvae {Abraxas 



grossulariata) as Bird Food. Avicultural 



Mag., 1919, p. 203. 

 Chubb, E. C. — A Skeleton of the Dodo {Didus 



ineptus). Ann. Durban Mus., 1919, vol. ii, 



pp. 97-99, pi. xvii and i fig. 

 Collinge, Walter E. — The Common Tern or 



Sea Swallow. Country Life, 1919, pp. 372, 



373- 

 Collinge, Walter E. — Pheasants and Acclima- 

 tisation. . Ibid. (Oct. 18), p. Ixxxii. 



Collinge, Walter E. — The Nightjar. Ibid., 

 pp. 709, 710, I fig. 



Collinge, Walter E. — The Food of the Night- 

 jar (Capriwulgus europacus, Linne). Journ. 

 Minis, Agric. , 1920, pp. 992-995, i fig. 



Dewar, J. M. — The Oystercatcher's Progress 

 towards Maturitv. Brit. Birds, 1920, pp. 

 207-213. 



Fowler, S. S. — On the Need for Protection of 

 Birds in Egvpt. Gov. Press, Cairo, 1919, 

 Zool. Service, Pub. No. 28, pp. i, ii. 



Friedlaender, \'. H. — Some Entertaining Blue- 

 Tits. Country Life, 1919, p. 710. 



Gillespie, T. H. — The Breeding of the King 

 Penguin. Nature, 1919, p. 314. 



Gillespie, T. H. — How the Baby King Penguin 

 was Born and Bred. Country Life, 1920, 

 pp. 5-9, 18 figs. 



Greatorex, Clifford \\'. — The Black-winged 

 Stilt in Hampshire. Ibid. (Feb. 7th), 

 p. Iviii. 



Horsfield, H. K. — Migration of the Golden- 

 Crested Wren. Ibid., 1919, p. 645. 



Ingram, G. C. S. — The Nesting Habits of the 

 Merlin in South Glamorganshire. Brit. 

 Birds, 1920, pp. 202-206, 3 figs. 



Knight, C. W. R. — The Great Spotted Wood- 

 pecker, Country Life, 1919, pp. 796-799, 

 7 figs. 



Knight, C. W. R. — Modern Falconry. 111. 

 Sport, and Dram. News, 1919, pp. 582, 583, 

 6 figs. 



OwE.N, J. H. — .Some Habits of the Sparrow 

 Hawk. Brit. Birds, 1919, pp. 1 14-124, 

 4 figs. 



