Becoithj published Ornitholuyical Works. 173 



Shi/feldt on the Eggs of the Auklets. 



[E>rgs of North American Water-Birds, Parts ii. & iii. By R. W. 

 Shufeldt. 'Blue-Bird; Cincinnati, vii. 1915, pp. 270-278, 300, 304, 



pis. v.-ix.] 



This is a sliort notice of the Alcidge o£ the United States, 

 "with descriptions and figures of their eggs. Some of these 

 are reproduced in colour. 



Taverner on the shortcomings of Canadian Ornithologists. 



[Suggestions for Ornithological Work in Canada. By P. A. Taverner. 

 Ottawa Naturalist, xxix. 1915, pp. 14-18, 21-28.] 



The study of Canadian birds has hitherto, according to 

 Mr. Taverner, been mnch neglected, and what work has 

 been done has been accomplished to a great extent by the 

 naturalists of the United States. To improve this state of 

 things a number of lines of investigation are suggested, 

 especially in regard to migration problems, as well as in the 

 more accurate determination of the distribution of bird-life 

 in the Dominion. To these and other matters Mr. Taverner 

 calls the attention of his fellow ornithologists in Canada. 



Thorhurn's British Birds. 



[British Birds, written and illustrated by A. Thorburn, F.Z.S. 

 Yol. ii. pp. vi -I- 72, pis. 21-40. London (Longmans), 1915. 4to. 

 £6 6s. for the 4 vols.] 



The second volume of ]\lr. Thorburn's beautiful work 

 follows quickly on the first, which was noticed in the July 

 number of the 'Ibis' last year. 



The Passerine birds are completed Avith the- Larks and 

 Crows, and in addition the Picarians, Birds of Prey, 

 Cormorants, and Herons are dealt with in the present 

 volume. 



As most of the species figured in this volume are large 

 ones, they are not so crowded as in the first, only two or 

 three figures, as a rule, occupying each plate. This, to our 

 mind, constitutes a great improvement. We would especi- 

 ally commend Plate .28, the Eagle Owl, and Plate 36, the 



