Recently published Ornithological Works. 567 



106. Irbi/s Key List of British Birds. 



[British Birds : Key List. By Lieut.-Col. L. Howard Irby, F.L.S. 

 Second edition, revised and enlarged. London : R. H. Porter.] 



CoL Irby has published a second edition of his Key List 

 of British Birds^ " revised and enlarged. ^^ It is "■ not in- 

 tended for scientific ornithologists^ but for those who have 

 only a slight knowledge of birds, so as to enable them to 

 determine a species without having to search through bulky 

 volumes." Col. Irby now recognizes 376 birds as "■ British/' 

 against 377 in his first edition. The salient characters of 

 each of these are pointed out, and a concise summary of 

 their mode of occurrence, whether resident, regular visitant, 

 occasional visitant, or straggler, is likewise given. The 

 habitat or geographical range of the rarer species is stated, 

 in marginal notes. The nomenclature and arrangement are 

 those of the ' Ibis ' List " with some modifications.'" Col. 

 Irby's Key List will, we think, be found very useful to those 

 for whom it is intended, especially when used in conjunction 

 with some recognized manual or text-book on the same 

 subject. 



107. ' Irish Naturalist.' 



[The ' Irish Naturalist,' a monthly Journal of general Irish Natural 

 History. Edited by George H. Carpenter, B.Sc. Lond., and R. Lloyd 

 Prtieger, B.A., B.E., M.R.I.A. Vol. i. Nos. 1-4, April-July, 1892.] 



Having regard to the political aspirations of Ireland, it 

 was quite to be expected that the Naturalists of that portion 

 of the United Kingdom should wish to have an organ of their 

 own. That all the existing N atural History Societies in Ireland 

 should have agreed to support it is a gratifying proof of the 

 superiority of science to politics. The first number of the 

 journal started under these auspicious circumstances contains 

 several ornithological articles. IMr. A. G. ]\lore writes upon 

 recent additions to the list of Irish birds. Nine such are 

 specified, while one [Sterna anglica) is noted as to be struck 

 off the Irish List. ]VIr. R. J. Ussher comments on the 

 marked increase of the Crossbill [Loxia curvirosti^is) in Ireland. 

 Formerly merely a straggler, it appears of late years to have 



