1 91 9-] Recenthj puhiished OrnitJiotoyical tVorkn. 51-5 



winter plumage: e.g., the juvenile plumage of the Red- 

 breasted Merganser is described (page 84) as "similar to that 

 of adult female but with a tuft of black and white marked 

 plumes in evidence on side near bend of wing/^ a character 

 which we find is only developed after the post-juvenile moult. 

 In the Harlequin also, the description of the juvenile male 

 undoubtedly refers to the first winter male ; while in the 

 American Golden-eye the juvenile male is described with 

 the white spot before the eye more or less indicated, a 

 character which in the European Golden-eye (from which 

 the American Golden-eye differs only in size) we have only 

 observed in first- winter birds. Another criticism we have 

 to make is that in describing the winter plumage of the 

 waders the differences which exist in some species between 

 adults and first-winter or immature birds are in some cases 

 overlooked . 



The general account in large type which follows contains 

 information on migration, habits, food, etc., and the distin- 

 guishing characters of the species, nests, eggs, etc., are dealt 

 M'ith in greater detail than is possible in the small-type 

 paragraphs which are primarily for reference. 



There arc sixteen coloured plates, twelve by JNIr. Louis 

 Agassiz Fuertes and four by Major Allan Brooks, and 

 many useful text-figures. 



Direct quotations are interpolated in the text with the 

 object of assuring greater accuracy, and a list of literature 

 cited is appended. 



We congratulate the authors on the amount of infor- 

 mation they have collected, and we sincerely hope the book 

 will impress upon the public the need, both from the 

 economic and sentimental point of view, of preserving 

 the game-birds of California. 



Gurney on Norfolk Ornithology . 



[Ornithological Notes from Norfolk for 1918. Twenty- tiftli Amuial 

 Keport by J. 11. Gurney, British Birds, xii. 1919, pp. 242-257.] 



Owing to the loss of observers and military restrictions 

 on tlie coast, Mr. Gurnev's most useful summary of bird- 



