3CG Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Although the larger portion of this presidential address 

 relates to the bird-life of the Isle of May, which lies at the 

 entrance of the Firth of Forth, yet it is practically one of 

 Mr. Harvie-Brown's interesting contributions to the subject 

 of migration. A map and an illustration of the island — not 

 unlike Heligoland in appearance — are given. 



71. Le Messurier on Indian Game, Shore, and Water-Birds . 



[Game, Shore and Water Birds of India. By Colonel A. Le Mes- 

 surier, E.E. 8vo. Calcutta : 1888.] 



This appears to be a new and revised edition of a work 

 first printed in 1874, " for private circulation only.^^ The 

 arrangement and nomenclature are mostly those of Jerdon,and 

 are consequently rather antiquated. But Col. Le Messurier's 

 Handbook will be, no doubt, of much use to Indian sports- 

 men who require a convenient and portable volume. The 

 illustrations will be of material assistance in this way. We 

 think, however, that the range of each Indian species should 

 have been concisely stated. 



72. Mansel-Pleydell on the Birds of Dorsetshire. 



[The Birds of Dorsetshire, a Contribution to the Natural History of the 

 County. By J. C. Mansel-Pleydell. 8vo. London and Dorchester : 1888.] 



This is a very useful and compact treatise upon the birds 

 of the above county, not unduly swollen by the introduction 

 of extraneous matter, but confining itself to the prescribed 

 limits. It is illustrated by some very good woodcuts by 

 Mr. G. E. Lodge, and by an adequate number of references 

 to the standard authorities on British systematic ornithology. 

 The typograpliical errors are not a few ; we notice two in the 

 head-line of Montagues Harrier (p. 12), and two (one of an 

 important date) under the Little Stint ; while, owing we 

 suppose, to unfortunate transpositions, the ' Ibis List ' is 

 made responsible for Milvusregalis and Aquila lagopus as the 

 scientific names, respectively, of the Kite and the Bough- 

 legged Buzzard, whereas those used were Milvus ictinus and 

 Archibuteo lagopus ! It is rather too bad to manufacture 

 errors for this List after making the following charge in the 



