Recently published Ornithological Works. 555 



the Siberian Willow-Wren {Phylloscopus borealis) is heard 

 during the breeding-season at all hours of the day and 

 night. A succinct account of what is known of this interesting 

 intruder from the East is given, as are also particulars about 

 all the other feathered inhabitants of the '' Land of the 

 Midnight Sun." 



To Prof. Collett's excellent narrative the editor has added 

 an appendix containing a systematic list of the Birds of 

 Norway, arranged according to the rules and nomenclature 

 of the B.O.U. The total number of species as yet recognized 

 in Norway appears to be 278, of which 212 breed in the 

 kingdom, and of these 190 are " regular breeders,^'' 7 are 

 ''^rai^e," and 15 " uncertain. ^^ The number of '' non-breeding 

 visitors" is 60. 



We regret to observe that Mr. Cocks uses that horrible 

 Americanism, ''scientist," in his translation (p. 11). There 

 is the less excuse for this inelegancy, as " scient " ( = savant) 

 is a perfectly correct and identical term. The contributors 

 to the Tromso Museum^'s Annual may be called " scients " 

 or " savants,'^ but, please Mr. Cocks, not " scientists." 



7Q. Dobie on the Birds of Cheshire, Denbighshire, and 

 Flintshire. 



[Birds of West Cheshire, Denbighshire, and Flintshire: being a List 

 of Species occurring in the District of the Chester Society of Natural 

 Science. By W. Henry Dobie, M.B., M.R.C.S. Proc. Chester Soc. Nat. 

 Sci. and Lit., no. iv. 1894, p. 282.] 



The portion of Cheshire which lies west of a line drawn 

 south from Warrington, together with the counties of Flint 

 and Denbigh (as well shown in the map attached to tlie 

 present memoir), constitutes the district adopted by the 

 Chester Society of Natural Science for their sphere of 

 operations. Of the birds of this district Mr. Dobie, with 

 the co-operation of his friends, has compiled the list now 

 before us. 



Mr. Dobie adopts the nomenclature and arrangement of 

 Saunders^s 'Manual,' and gives notes on the times and places 

 of the occurrences of the 239 species met with within the 



