276 Recetitlij published Oniithological JVorks. 



The secoucl part of Dr. Koenig's book is a reprint of the 

 " Beitrage zur Ornis Algerians/^ published in the ' Journal 

 fiir Ornithologie ^ for 1895. It contains a systematic 

 account of the 160 species of birds met with in Algeria, 

 with numerous and excellent field-notes on them. References 

 are given to the works of former observers in the same 

 district — Malherbe, Loche^ Tristram, Salvin, Gurney, Dixon, 

 &c. — and 14 coloured plates (drawn by Keulemans) contain 

 portraits of some of the more remarkable species. Great 

 attention seems to have been paid to the Larks and Chats, 

 and among the latter three examples of the rare Saxicola 

 seebohmi were obtained. Both sexes of this species are 

 figured. 



44. Lee's Photographs of British Birds. 



[Among British Birds in their Nesting-Haunts, illustrated by the 

 Camera. By Oswin A. J. Lee. Pts. I.-II. 4to. Boughis, Edinburgh.] 



These two Parts are the earlier instalments of a mag- 

 nificent work which is expected to run to about twenty 

 numbers. It would be difficult to speak too highly of the 

 plates produced, while the vignettes are in no way inferior, 

 and the letterpress is just enough and no more. The book 

 must be read before an adequate idea can be formed of the 

 hardship and daring required to attain a position suitable for 

 photographing the nests of some of the species in situ. 

 Certainly we have never before seen any photographs so 

 good under such circumstances, and the work may be 

 thoroughly recommended to all lovers of birds^-nesting. 

 The species — cr their nests — represented are as follows : — 

 Part I. Somateria mollissima (2), Phalacrocorax carbo, 

 Falco peregrinus (2), Asio otus, Accipiter nisus, Larus 

 fuscus (2), Sterna dougalli. Part II. Fulica atra (2), 

 Spatula clyjjeata, Rissa tridactyla, Gallinula chloropus (2), 

 Phylluscopus trochilus, Sterna cantiaca, Tadorna cornuta (2). 



45. LUnnberg on some Linnean Types at Upsala. 



[Linnean Type-specimens of Birds, Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes in 

 the Zoological Museum of the R. University in Upsala. Revised by 



