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(now, as they were by classical writers), why should not 

 Calliste be used for a bird and CaUista for a mollusk ? But 

 we are told that, in fact, Callista is not really used at all in 

 Couchology, although Mr. Stone thinks that it ^'should be 

 adopted for the genus now known as Cytherea." There 

 seem to be no limits to the " fads " of modern hunters after 

 priority. 



31. Suchetet on Hybrids among Birds. 



[Les Oiseaux Hybrides, rencontrt^s a 1 6tat Sauvage. Par Aiidr6 

 Suchetet. Cinquieine Partie, Additions et Corrections. jM^in. Soc. 

 Zool. France, viii. p. 473.] 



The fifth and concluding part of M. Suchetet^s ' Oiseaux 

 Hybrides ' contains additions and corrections to his valuable 

 account of this important subject, on which he has laboured 

 so long and so well. Part iv. does not appear to have reached 

 us, but part iii. was noticed in 1893 (Ibis, 1893, p. 149). 

 We all know how careful M. Suchetet is in endeavouring to 

 obtain correct information in every case and in stating the 

 results of his own examinations. 



32. Trevor-Battye's 'Ice-bound on Kolguev.' 



[Ice-bound on Kolguev, a chapter in the p]xploratiou of Arctic Europe, 

 to which is added a Record of the Natural History of the Island. By 

 Aubyn Trevor-Battye, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., &c. With numerous 

 Illustrations by J. T. Nettleship, Charles Whymper, and the Author, 

 and three Maps. Royal 8vo. Constable & Co., "Westminster, 1895.] 



The interesting and well-written narrative of Mr. Trevor- 

 Battye's adventures in Kolguev and among the Samoyeds 

 that frequent that island is dedicated to the President of the 

 B. O. U., and will be much appreciated by all the members 

 thereof. It contains numerous allusions to birds, and " The 

 Goosing" of the native hunters has, as it well deserves, a 

 chapter to itself. Besides this there is a systematic account 

 of the ornis of the island, with field-notes on all the 47 

 species included in it. The Passeres are seven in number — 

 the Wheatear, White Wagtail, Red-throated and Meadow- 

 Pipits, the Snow- and Lapland Buntings, and the Sliore- 

 Lark. Curiously enough (as the author has confessed to 



