Recently published Ornithological Works. 411 



final instalment of the supplementary notes on the Birds of 

 the Outer Hebrides. Mr. W. Eagle Clarke gives details of the 

 example of Phylloscopus viridis obtained on September 5th, 

 1902, at the Sule Skerry lighthouse (cf. Bull. B. O. C. xiii. 

 p. 12), the second occurrence of this bird in Great Britain; 

 he also remarks upon some species which are not often 

 observed on actual migration in Scotland, such as the Lesser 

 Whitethroat and the Black-tailed Godwit. He further 

 records a Sooty Shearwater (Pttffinus griseus) from Strom- 

 ness, Orkneys, while Mr. W. Evans gives some interesting 

 particulars, up to date, respecting the occurrence of this 

 species in the Forth area. In the April number Messrs. 

 Hinxman and Eagle Clarke contribute some new matter on 

 the fauna of East Boss-shire • Mr. Donald Guthrie's notes 

 from South Uist form another useful supplement to the 

 f Birds of the Outer Hebrides'; and Mr. T. G. Laidlaw 

 begins his Report on the Movement and Migration of Birds 

 in Scotland during 1902. Some interesting records arc to 

 be found among the minor notices. — H. S. 



68. < The Jul:' 



[The Auk. A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. Vol. xx. Nos. 1 & 2, 

 January and April 1903.] 



The January number opens with a concise article by 

 Prof. J. A. Allen on " The A. O. U. Check-list— its History 

 and its Future/' and those who play with nomenclature may 

 read pp. 6-9 with profit. Mr. B. S. Bowdish's paper on the 

 birds of Porto Rico — commenced in October — is now con- 

 cluded, and its value is augmented by a bibliography. An 

 interesting account of the migrations of Richardson's Grouse 

 is given by Mr. A. W. Anthony, who passed several months 

 m the vicinity of the mining-camp of Sparta, Eastern Oregon; 

 and the description of the wild — and harmless— shooting 

 that took place at a flock of a dozen birds which alighted in 

 front of the hotel is amusing, though hardly flattering to the 

 " Spartans." Messrs. Grinnell and Daggett have a valuable 

 paper on the birds observed on the Coronados Islands, a 

 small group situated about twenty miles south of San Diego, 



