446 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Sussex,' admirable though it was at the time of its publi- 

 cation (1849), has long been out of date; and Mr. Borrer's 

 handsome volume, with its five coloured plates by Keulemans, 

 is undoubtedly a valuable addition to our county avifaunas. 

 Much interesting matter will be found in the letterpress, but 

 sometimes facts connected with Sussex have been omitted : for 

 instance, the remarkable fertile hybrids between the Pied 

 Wagtail [Motacilla lugubris) and the Grey Wagtail {M. me- 

 lanope), produced in Mr. Monk's aviary at Lewes, are not 

 mentioned. Mr. Borrer may haA^'C reasons for disbelieving in 

 the locality assigned to the Short-toed Lark recorded from 

 Amberley (Zoologist, 1888, p. 350) ; but he might at least 

 mention them, and not pass over the statement in silence. 

 Although unconnected with Sussex, there can be no objection 

 to the information given at p. 114, that the first British nest 

 of the Snow Bunting with eggs had lately [1888] been ob- 

 tained in Scotland ; but Mr. Borrer must not suppose that it is 

 the earliest record, for a nest with five young birds was found 

 in Sutherlandshire in 1885, and a coloured figure of one of 

 the nestlings, with a photograph of the corrie where it was 

 taken and full particulars, are given in Messrs. Harvie-Brown 

 and Buckley's ' Fauna of Sutherland, Caithness, &c.' Again, 

 it is incorrect to say of the Rustic Bunting that the only 

 example which has occurred in England is the one taken 

 near Brighton in 1867, for two other well-authenticated 

 instances are on record (Zool. 1881, p. 465; 1883, p. 33). 

 As regards the Pine Grosbeak, it is not in " the same paper " 

 (Zool. 1877, p. 247), but in one in Zool. for 1890, p. 127, that 

 Mr. Gurney alludes to a bird obtained at Shoreham. On the 

 next page Mr. Gurney has recorded the significant fact that 

 a few years ago some birds of this species were sent in a 

 frozen state from Russia to the principal poulterer at 

 Brighton ! 



Misprints are few in the present work, but there are several 

 slips, and one of the latter is amusing. Mr. Borrer has got 

 his heading " Mistletoe Thrush " severely correct (except for 

 the omission of a hyphen), but on the next page, in the last 

 paragraph, the old Adam breaks out, and " Missel Thrush " 



