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palmeri, Drepanis funerm, Acrulocercus bishopi, A. apicalis, 

 (Estrelata pheeopygia, Pennula ecaudata, Numenius takitiensis. 



69. Wtjatt's' British Birds: 



[British Birds : being coloured Illustratious of all the Species of Pas- 

 serine Birds resident in the British Isles, with some Notes in reference to 

 their Plumage. By Claude W. Wyatt, M.B.O.U. Folio. London, 1891.] 



Our friend Mr. Wyatt, before bringing his monograph of 

 the Swallows to a completion, has energetically started 

 another illustrated bird- book in the shape of a new work 

 on British birds ! This is, however, of a somewhat novel 

 character. Mr. Wyatt, in his present volume, treats only 

 of such Passerine birds as reside all the year round in the 

 British Islands. The number of species thus embraced is 50. 

 Subsequent volumes are in contemplation to treat of the 

 migrant Passeres, the resident and migrant Picariae, Striges, 

 Accipitres, and Columbae. 



Mr. Wyatt is no mean artist. His figures are nicely 

 drawn and the plates are well coloured. We have no doubt 

 that Wyatt's ' British Birds ' will be a popular work. There 

 seems to be no limit to the demand for popular works 

 of this character. 



XLI. — Letters, Extracts, Notices, ^c. 



We have received the following letters, addressed to the 

 Editor, since our last issue : — 



Sir, — I find I have made a mistake in the article on 

 " Bird-nesting in Norway," and shall be obliged if you 

 will correct it in the next number of ' The Ibis.' On page 

 228, " the only known hybrid between the Black Grouse and 

 Capercailie " should read " between the Willow Grouse and 

 Capercailie." Professor Collett, amongst others, has pointed 

 out the error, and he tells me that two other specimens are 

 now known. I am, Sir, 



Yours &c., 

 Bramcote, Notts., Henry J. Pearson. 



April 19, 1894. 



