Recently published Ornithological Works. 249 



editor on the skill with which he has catered for the public 

 in general. 



43. Burturlin on the Waders of the Russian Empire. 



[Kuliki Rossieskoi Imperie — Premiya-k-Journa] ' Psovaia i Rujeinaia. 

 Ohota.' Tula, ]902.] 



This, the first part of a work on the Limicolce found within 

 the Russian empire, issued in the form of a prize essay 

 published in Tula in the ' Journal of the Society for Hunting* 

 and Shooting/ shews very careful preparation, and gives the 

 synonymy, with references to the most important works 

 on the subject, the geographical distribution, the habits, and 

 dates of appearance and departure of the species which visit 

 or are resident within the limits of the Russian empire. 

 M. Burturlin (p. 54) separates the Snipe inhabiting Eastern 

 Siberia subspecifically from Gallinago coelestis under the 

 name Scolopax {Gallinago) gallinago raddei, because it has 

 the light stripes on the upper parts wider than in Gallinago 

 coelestis, and states that it does not breed further west than 

 the Yenesei River, while it winters in Southern China and 

 Indo-China. He asserts that the tails figured by Seebohm 

 as those of Gallinago megala and Gallinago stenura are both 

 referable to Gallinago megala. 



The letterpress includes only the species belonging to the 

 genera Scolopax and Gallinago, but eleven good plates are 

 given of the following: — Scolopaos rusticola, Gallinago galli- 

 nula, G. major, G. solitaria, G. ccelestis, Limicola platy- 

 rhyncha, Tringa maritima, T. alpina, T. temmincki, T. minuta, 

 and T. ruficollis. 



44. Buxton's African Trips. 



[Two African Trips, with Notes and Suggestions on Big Game 

 Preservation in Africa. By Edward North Buxton. London : Stanford. 

 1902.] 



As in the case of his other "short stalks," Mr. Buxton 

 went to British East Africa and the White Nile mainly in 

 search of big game, but by no means confined his attention 

 to such objects. Plenty of allusions to birds may be found 



