Recently published Ornithological Works. 273 



local occurrences oi: every species described, but general 

 remarks, based upon Lord Lilford's great experience, not 

 only in other parts of England, but also in the south of 

 Europe, are freely introduced. The numerous photogravure 

 plates are taken from drawings prepared by Mr. A. Thor- 

 burn, and the wood-engravings are from the pencil of Mr. G. 

 E. Lodge. All these, we need hardly say, are of a very high 

 degree of merit, for it is not to be supposed that the President 

 of our Union would accept anything but first-class work for 

 the illustrations of his favourite subject. We heartily con- 

 gratulate Lord Lilford on having brought his many years' 

 labours on the birds of his native county to a successful 

 conclusion. 



49. Lumsden and Brown on the Fauna of Loch Lomond. 



[A Guide to the Natural History of Loch Lomoud and Neighbourhood. 

 Mammals and Birds: b}' James Lumsden, F.Z.S. Reptiles and Fishes : 

 by Alfred Brown. 8vo. Glasgow : D. Bryce & Son., 1895.] 



This is a handy volume, suitable for those persons who 

 visit Loch Lomond in summer or autumn. An outline of 

 the portion relating to the birds appeared some years ago in 

 the ' Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow/ 

 but it has now been entirely re- written and much new matter 

 introduced. It seems excellent. There are two illustrations 

 of hybrids between the Pheasant and the Capercaillie. 



50. Martorelli's Notes from Italy. 



[Notizie Ornitologiche sopra Osservazioni fatte nell' Anno 1894-95 dal 

 Prof. Giacinto Martorelli. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. xxxv.] 



In the first of these small articles an account is given of a 

 hybrid Macaw produced in captivity at Trenno, between Ara 

 macao, (J, and A. militaris, $ . From the second paper we 

 learn that the severe cold, and especially the heavy snows 

 which fell in the winter of 1894-95, drove a very unusual 

 number of Golden Eagles to the lower districts of 

 Lombardy, where several were examined in the flesh by 

 Prof. Martorelli. In the third paper a form of Lanius 

 excubitor taken in Italy — and almost melanic — is discussed. 



