332 Receiit/i/ published Ornithological Wor'ks. [Ibis, 



Kolguev alongside the daiker-breasted form, and we feel 

 that the relationship of the two forms to each other and to 

 the supposed American Brent are still by no means clear. 



Mr. Eagle Clarke writes an interesting account of the 

 wild life in the deer-forest of Corroar in western Tnverness- 

 sliire, where he has spent several summers. The forest 

 consists of 2700 acres, and has ten mountain-summits 

 within its borders. Mr. Clarke defines the life-zoues as 

 alpine at 2000 to 3000 feet, and subalpine between the 

 2000 and 1000 feet contour-lines, with large lakes and 

 much woodland^ and a valley zone below 1000 feet. The 

 characteristic birds and mammals of eacii are described ; 

 those of the alpine zone are the Golden Eagle, Raven, 

 Ptarmigan, and Golden Plover. 



From Mr. W. Berry we ha\e an eloquent plea for a chair 

 of economic ornithology at one of our Universities, and 

 from Mr. H. Boase a detailed account of the life-history 

 of the Coot as observed in Pertiishire. 



Yearbook of the Dutch Bird- Club. 



[Ckib van Nederlandsclie Vogelkuudigeu. Jaarbericlit, no. 7, 

 pp. 1-103. Deventer (Kluwer), 1917.J 



The frontispiece of this year's report is a portrait of 

 Hermanns Hendricus ter Meer (1838-1917), who was for 

 many years the chief taxidermist of the Leyden Museum. 

 His father and grandfather occupied the same post, and 

 his son was also for some time employed in the Museum. 

 The Editor and President of the Club, Baron Snouckaert 

 van Schauburg, contributes his annual report on Dutch 

 Ornithology in 1916-17, but there does not seem to have 

 been many occurrences of special interest. He also writes 

 on several changes in the names of Dutch birds which seem 

 to be inevitable ; on the distribution of a Glossy Starling 

 [Coccycotius iris) of West Africa and of the distribution and 

 races of the Yellow Wagtail. 



Mr. W. C. van Heurn writes a comparative account of 

 bird-life in the Dutch tropical colonies with reference 

 to Surinam in the west and Sumatra and Java in the 



