210 Recently jmhhslied Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



Comparative Oology commences with a lon^- argument on 

 tlie rights of egg-collecting. Those who believe in a moral 

 right to kill birds or other living creatures for the advance- 

 ment of science cannot but accept the subsidiary right to take 

 eggs. The professed purpose of the Museum is the scientific 

 collection of eggs ; it will be for the Museum to prove 

 that, through its collections, science has been, or will be, 

 advanced. Theoretically, any centralization of efforts wliich 

 will do away with the thousand and one aimless attempts of 

 amateur egg-collectors cannot but be an advance on present- 

 day methods, and if, together with the incitement offered 

 to some to collect properly and methodically for the one 

 object in view, discouragement is given to those others, 

 the far greater number, who steal eggs without any such 

 object, much good will be done. It is early days to approve 

 or to condemn, and whilst we sympathize with the idea itself, 

 we must wait in patience to see what the idea will eventually 

 result in. For the present, tiie Journal shows that much 

 encouragement has been given to the movement, both in 

 America and elsewhere, and we shall look forward to the 

 time when many writers of weight and discretion give their 

 assistance to Mr, L. Dawson in filling the pages of the 

 Journal. 



Norsk Ornithologisk Tidsskrift. 



[Norsk Ornithologisk Tidsskrift. No. 1, pp. 1-84. Eedakt^v : H. Tho. 

 L. Schaanning. Stavauger Museum.] 



We welcome the first number of a new Ornithological 

 Journal issued by the Norwegian Ornithological Society — 

 Norsk Ornithologisk Forening — which has recently been 

 founded to extend the knowledge of Norwegian birds and 

 to take all possible steps to preserve and protect Norwegian 

 bird-life. The editor, Mr. Schaanning, is the Konservator 

 of the Stavanger Museum, where, though it is not 

 definitely so stated, the journal is printed and published. 

 We have also one other critical remark to make, and that is 

 that the date of publication is nowhere stated. This should 



