362 Recently published Ornitholof/iraf IVorks. [Ibis, 



a Foreign Member of the Union, whose sad death has 

 already ])een notieed in our pages, 



A review of some oi^ the South American Rails oL" the 

 genus Creciscus from the pen ot" Count Salvador! follows. 

 He recognizes three species : — ( '. cayanensis (Bodd.), 

 C. facialis (Tscii.), and C pUeatus (Wied). Signor G. A. 

 Carlotto records the capture of an example of the north 

 African Cursorius guUicus near ^ erona, and Signor A. 

 Trischitta of Fratercula arctica near Messina. Some bird- 

 notes from the Province of Friuli are contributed by 

 Sig. Vallon ; and Sig. Cfhidini. Avho we regret to see 

 has recently died, describes and fignres the skull of a 

 hybrid Tetrau tetrix x T. uroijallus, killed in the Val di 

 Blenio in the Ticino district. 



Finally, a number of shorter notices and reviews com- 

 pletes a part vvhicii we hope will now be regularly followed 

 by others of equal interest. 



Scottish Naturalist. 



[The Scottish Naturalist. Edited by William Eagle Clarke, LL.D., 

 William Evaus, and Percy II. Grimshaw. Vol. for 1918, Nos. 73-84.] 



The completed volume of the ' Scottish Naturalist ' has a 

 number of articles dealing with Scottish Ornithology, among 

 which we will mention some of the more important. The 

 Hev. J. I\[. M-William sends some stray notes on the birds 

 of Bute, and comments on the fact that he hardly ever 

 observed land-birds crossing, the verv narrow seas from that 

 island to the mainland, except, of course, during the regular 

 migration season. The one exception noticed Avas the 

 regular daily passage of Rooks and Jackdaws from the 

 Craigmore shore to Toward in Argyllshire, a distance of 

 about two miles. They leave Bute from 9 to 10 a.m. and 

 return between 3 and 4 p.m. according to season. The 

 Capercaillie appears to be establishing itself on the island, 

 and the Raven is noted as a breeding bird. 



A sad story is told by Mr. O. H. Mackenzie of the 

 vanishing bird-life of the w^est coast of Ross-shire. The 

 Black Grouse appears to be well-nigh extinct, and the Red 



