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at least four typographical errors, and other similar cases 

 might be pointed out. In the references to the literature 

 of the subject also we think that more definiteness might 

 be expected, and it is irritating to find Seebohm's History 

 cf British Birds, LiKord's Coloured Figures of the Birds of 

 the British Islands, the Fourth Edition of " Yarrell," and 

 Macgillivray's History of British Birds all quoted as " British 

 Birds. ^^ Seebohm's Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British 

 Birds is barely recognizable as the " Abridged Edition, 

 1896," of the same writer's " History of British BirdsJ^ A 

 brief Bibliography of the subject is given on pp. 13-15, 

 but even here the titles are unnecessarily compressed in 

 some cases. There seems no adequate reason why the 

 title of Lacepede and Daudin's work should be omitted, and 

 "Muller, Faeroenes Fug." would be more intelligible if 

 printed in full. Seebohm's account of the Bass based on 

 his own and E. V. Seebohm's notes made in 1870 and 1883 

 is at least as worthy of a place in this list as Lord LiKord's 

 casual notes on the Gannet, which are prefaced by the remark 

 that he has never visited a breeding-station of this species. 

 Hantzsch's Vogelwelt Islands, though referred to in the 

 text is omitted from this list, and Mr. F. B. Kirkman's 

 article in the British Bird Book should also have been included, 

 as it contains tlie fullest account of the breeding-habits and 

 displays of this species yet published. On the other hand 

 some of the works mentioned, such as the Vertebrate Fauna 

 of the Tay Area, contain next to nothing on the subject. 



The work is a valuable contribution to ornithology, not 

 merely on account of its positive results, which are considerable, 

 but also in that it points out many departments in which 

 our knowledge is still defective. It is well got up, and the 

 series of photographs illustrating nearly all the breeding- 

 stations, is a most valuable and interesting one. We con- 

 gratulate the author on the results of his work and trust 

 that he will follow it up by further investigations into the 

 history of our other great sea-bird colonies which still await 

 an historian. F.C.R. J. 



Report on Scottish Ornithology in 1912 including Migration, 

 By Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter. 

 OUver and Boyd. Is. 6d. net. 



We congratulate the authors on this admirable work, which is 

 the second yearly report to be published separately. It is 

 arranged in the same excellent way as the last report so 

 that all the information it contains is easily available for 



