574 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



104. Harvie-Brown and Buckley on the Fauna of the 

 Moray Basin. 



[A Fauna of the Moray Basin. By J. A. Harvie-Brown and Thomas 

 E. Buckley. Two vols. Royal 8vo, with Map, Plates, & Outs. Edin- 

 burgh : David Douglas, 1896.] 



The completion of these two volumes makes an important 

 advance in the series of well-executed works which Messrs. 

 Harvie-Brown and Buckley have planned to illustrate the 

 Natural History of the northern parts of Great Britain. 

 Reference to the clearly-drawn map at the end of the second 

 volume, and the interesting chapters on the watersheds and 

 other physical features which occupy the first half of the 

 first volume, will show that the Moray Basin, as defined by 

 our authors, occupies a very large and important area of 

 N.E. Scotland. It is divided into two portions by the 

 Moray Firth and Loch Ness, and occupies the whole, or 

 large parts, of Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Inverness, 

 Nairn, Banff, and Elgin. After describing the physical 

 features of this wide district, the authors take up the 

 Mammals, and then the Birds, with which we are more 

 immediately concerned. We need hardly say, after the 

 well-known abilities of both our authors, that this branch of 

 their subject is most completely treated. The field-notes on 

 every species in the List are full and complete, as in the 

 former works of the same series, and will delight the heart of 

 the lover of birds whether he studies them in the cabinet or 

 in the field. The present volumes are well printed and 

 got up, and excellently illustrated, in a style consistent with 

 the high reputation of the publisher. 



105. 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 ; XXXII., April 1896. 

 Royal 8vo. London.] 



Since our last notice (Ibis, 1895, p. 282), three more 

 parts of our lamented late President's excellent work have 

 made their appearance. They speak for themselves, and uo 



