280 Recently published Ornithological JVoi-ks. 



52. Poynting's ' Eggs of British Birds.' 



[Eggs of British Birds. — Limicolse (Plorers, Snipes, Sandpipers, &c.). 

 By Frank Poynting. Part IV. 4to. London : R. H. Porter, 1896.] 



In offering our congratulations to the author on the com- 

 pletion of the final part of his excellent work, we can only- 

 repeat our opinion (Ibis, 1896, p. 278) that this is the best 

 series of illustrations of eggs since the days of Hewitson, and 

 in some respects it even surpasses the utmost efforts of that 

 pioneer in oology. And certainly such a series of the eggs 

 of the Little Stint, Bar-tailed Godwit, and some others have 

 never been — and never could have been — portrayed before. 



The following species are noticed in this Part, but the 

 eggs of the Knot, Curlew-Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, 

 and Solitary Sandpiper are not represented — for the best of 

 reasons : — CEdicnemus scolopax, Glareola pratincola, Cha- 

 radrius asiaticus, Squatarola helvetica, Vanellus gregarius, 

 GaUinago major, Tringa niiuuta, T. temmincki, Totanus 

 hypoleucus, T. glareola, T. flavipes, T. canescens, Limosa 

 lapponica, Tringa acuminata, T. subarquata, T. canutus, 

 and Totanus solitarius. 



53. Reiser and FUhrer's ' Ornis Balcanica.' 



[Materialien zu einer Ornis Balcanica herausgegeben vom Bosnisch- 

 Hercegovinisclien Laudesmuseuni in Sarajevo. — IV. Montenegro. Von 

 Othmar Reiser und Ludwig v. Fiihrer. Wien, 1896.] 



We have now before us, thanks to the courtesy of Herr 

 Reiser, a copy of the fourth part of the ' Ornis Balcanica,' 

 which relates to the Birds of IMontenegro. We have already 

 noticed the second part of this work, and are informed that 

 Part I., relating to the Ornis of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 

 and Part III., relating to that of Greece, are in preparation. 

 When these parts are issued the ornithologist will have no 

 longer to complain of want of good information on the birds 

 of the Balkan Peninsula. 



The present volume commences with an account of the 

 various journeys to Montenegro, from 1890 to 1895, which 

 were undertaken with a view of obtaining materials for the 

 present work. From October 1893 to the same month in 



