614 Recent Literature. [q"\ 



persist. "The war" she writes "has been a godsend to the birds of 

 Great Britain, because it has kept the majority of gunners and collectors 

 busy elsewhere." Nevertheless in Norfolk evidence has been collected of 

 the killing of fifteen Bitterns during the past year. 



The Ruff.— An Early Record. By W. H. Mullens.— An account of a 

 rare and curious black letter tract describing the occurrence of the Ruff 

 in England in 1586. 



British Birds. XIII, No. 2. July, 1919. 



The Pied and White Wagtails. By H. F. Witherby. — Descriptions and 

 figures of the various plumages of these two allied races. 



Note on the Drumming of Woodpeckers. By J. S. Huxley. — The dead 

 hollow stub upon which a Woodpecker had been seen drumming on many 

 occasions was cut off and showed no marks of the bill whatever. Prof. 

 Huxley points out that it is the rapidity of the strokes not their force that 

 produces the resonant sound and cites the action of a Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker in the United States drumming on a tin post covering where the best 

 result in sound could be secured. The reviewer has noticed the same 

 species persistently drumming on a lightning rod. 



The Birds of Bardsey Island (Wales). By N. F. Ticehurst, (Continued 

 in the August number.) 



British Birds. XIII, No. 3. August, 1919. 



Down Tracts of Nestling Birds. By Collingwood Ingram. — Discussion 

 of the nomenclature of feather tracts of the head. 



Avicultural Magazine. N, No. 6. April, 1919. 



The Pigeons of the Gambia. By E. Hopkinson. (Continued.) 



Avicultural Magazine. X, No. 7. May, 1919. 



The History of Birds' Nests. By A. G. Butler. — A speculative discus- 

 sion. 



The Necessity of State Action for the Protection of Wild Birds. By 

 W. E. Collinge. 



A Curious Habit of the Moorhen. By E. G. B. Meade-Waldo. — One 

 young fed by another. 



Avicultural Magazine. X, No. 8. June, 1919. 



The Wattle of Cabot's Tragopan. By H. D. Astley. — A criticism of the 

 plate in Beebe's ' Pheasants.' 



Avicultural Magazine. X, No. 10. August, 1919. 



Bird Life in South Africa. By F. W. H. Seppings. 



Bird Life about Moree, N. S. W. The Home of the White-winged Blue 

 Wren. By an old Australian Bird Lover. 



The Emu. XVIII, Part 4. April, 1919. 



A New Pigeon for Australia. The Red-cered Pigeon (Globicera rubricera). 

 By J. A. Kershaw. 



Notes 6n Birds Breeding in Dampier Archipelago, N. W. Coast of 

 Australia. By F. L. Whitlock. 



Further Notes on Additions to the " H. L. White Collection." By A. J. 

 Campbell. (Continued.) 



