272 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



in England for the guarding of bird-life from wanton de- 

 struction in this country. 



47. Lilford's ' Coloured Figures of British Birds.' 



[Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. Issued by Lord 

 Lilford, F.Z.S. &c., President of the British Ornithologists' Union. Part 

 XXX., February 1895 ; XXXI., June 1895. Royal 8vo. London.] 



Since we last noticed the progress of our President's 

 beautiful work (' Ibis/ 1895, p. 282) two more parts (xxx. 

 and xxxi.) have been issued. They contain life-like coloured 

 illustrations of the following species : — 



Linota hornemanni. Columba livia. 



Nyctala tengmalmi. ^gialitis cantiana. 



Falco gyrfalco. curonica. 



Clang'ula albeola. Phalaropus fulicarius. 



Cosmonetta histrionica. Scolopax galliuula. 



Aquila nsevia. gallinago. 



Pandion haliaetus. Fulica atra. 



Somateria stelleri. Qjldicnemus scolopax. 



spectabilis. Tringa temruincki. 



CEdemia perspicillata. Totanus hypoleucus. 



Mergus cuciillatus. Larus melanocephalus. 



Harelda glacialis. Lestris richardsoni. 



48. Lilford's ' Birds of Northamptonshire.' 



[Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood. By 

 Lord Lilford. Illustrated by Messrs. A. Thorburn and G. E. Lodge. 

 2 vols. London : Porter, 1895.] 



Here are two splendidly illustrated volumes from the pen 

 of our President, which will be read with great interest by 

 all members of the B. O. U. and by other students of our 

 native ornis. They contain a series of notes on 227 species of 

 birds which have been recorded as occurring in the county of 

 Northampton or in its immediate neighbourhood. The bulk 

 of them have been already published at irregular intervals 

 in the ' Journal of the Northamptonshire Natural History 

 Society ' between 1880 and 1893. They are now republished 

 in a uniform shape, with corrections and additions, and will 

 be found to be " excellent reading,'^ as not only are the 



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