656 Recently piibiislied Ornitlioluglcul Works. 



among the Larks, as well as among some of the birds in 

 which the first autumnal moult is complete^ an interesting 

 point. This is, that in the juvenile plumage the outer 

 (bastard) primary of the wing is ranch larger and generally 

 broader and less pointed than in the first winter and sub- 

 sequent plumages. 



We hope Mr. Witherby will be able to continue and 

 complete these most interesting papers on the moult of 

 British Birds. 



British Birds. 



[British Birds: An illustrated Magazine devoted to the Birds on the 

 British List. Vol. ix. June 1915 to May 1916.] 



Our contemporary ' Biitish Birds,' under the editorship 

 of ]\Ir. H. F. Witherby, continues to maintain its interest, 

 and the recently completed volume contains much that will 

 be gladly read by all ornithologists. Miss Maud Haviland 

 has four articles on her experiences with the Grey Phalarope, 

 the Asiatic Golden Plover, the Grey Plover, and the Lapland 

 Bunting in the Yenesei Valley, where she recently spent a 

 summer season. These are illustrated with photographs 

 taken by herself. 



Miss E. L. Turner, another of our more successful lady 

 photographers, sends a series of articles on what she terms 

 the "wait and see principle'^ of bird-photography. This 

 consists of setting up tent or blind in some spot likely to 

 be frequented by birds, and waiting with a camera inside 

 to see what may turn up. By this method she has obtained 

 some very characteristic photographs of various shy birds, 

 many of which members of the Briti^^h Ornithologists' Club 

 will remember were exhibited on the screen at a recent 

 meeting. 



Mr. Eric B. Dunlop discusses what he terms the ovitegous 

 habit of birds, by which we presume he means the habit 

 which some birds have of commencing to incubate before 

 the full clutch of eggs is laid. This he finds by observation 

 to be a characteristic of the American Crow, the Eingbill 

 Gull, and Caspian Tern. He believes that it conduces to 



