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2. Annals of Scottish Natural History. Nos. 15 & 16, 

 July & October, 1895. 



In No. 15 Mr. William Evans furnishes some interesting 

 notes made during mid- winter in the Island of Bute, famed 

 for the mildness of its climate ; where, despite the exceptional 

 conditions of last January, 91 species of birds were observed. 

 In No. 16 Mr. Lionel W. Hinxman contributes a '' Report 

 on the Movements and Occurrences of Birds in Scotland 

 during 1894 " ; Messrs. John Paterson and John Robertson 

 supply notes on 130 species of birds found in East Renfrew- 

 shire, 73 of which are believed to have nested ; and Mr. Peter 

 Adair gives an account of the nesting of the Wigeon {Mareca 

 penelope) in Selkirkshire : a considerable extension of its 

 nesting-range southward. As usual, there are many smaller 

 but valuable notes on Scottish ornithology. 



3. ' The Auk.' July and October, 1895. 



Messrs. William Brewster and Frank M. Chapman lead 

 off with an account of a visit to the island of Trinidad, 

 where they wei'e hospitably entertained by a cacao-planter 

 in the high woods, and learned under his guidance more in 

 three weeks than they would otherwise have done in as many 

 months. The most important bird secured was Nyctibius 

 jamaicensis, of which a coloured plate, from a photograph 

 taken in life, is given. Passing over some papers of local 

 interest, we come to some remarks by Mr. Lynds Jones on 

 " Bird-Migration in Iowa '' ; followed by a very interesting 

 account by Mr. Brewster of a remarkable winter-flight of 

 Pine Grosbeaks [Pinicola enucleator) in Massachusetts. 

 Mr. Brewster succeeded in tracing the course of this migra- 

 tion, and two maps show the distribution of the species 

 during the winter of 1892-93. This is a thoroughly scientific 

 paper. Dr. Edgar A. Mearus describes a new Heron from 

 the Colorado Desert as Ardea virescens anthonyi ; Mr. C. C. 

 Trowbridge gives an account of the flights of various species 

 of Hawks in Connecticut ; Major Charles Bendire con- 

 tributes a paper, based on the experiences of Mr. Chase 

 Littlejohu ofl" the Alaskan Peninsula, on the Ancient 



