352 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



XXI. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



Baker on Indian Game-Birds. 



[The Game-Birds of India, Burma and 'Ceylon. By E. C. Stuart 

 Baker. Vol. i. Duclis and their Allies, pp. xvi-340 ; 30 col. pis., 2 black 

 & white pis. Vol. ii. Snipe, Bustards and Sandgrouse, pp. xvi-328: 

 19 col. pis., 6 black & white pis. ; 2 maps. Loudon (The Bombay 

 Natural History Society), 1921. 8vo.] 



In 1908 the Bombay Natural History Society published 

 in book form a series of articles, which had been appearing 

 in their Journal, on " Indian Ducks and their Allies/' by 

 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker. 



Within a year or so the volume was out of print, and 

 Mr. Baker and the Society have been well advised to bring 

 out a new edition of this useful work, after thoroughly 

 revising it and bringing it up to date. The title of the 

 book has been changed from "Ducks and their Allies^' 

 and now forms volume i. of 'The Game-Birds of India, 

 Burma and Ceylon,' rather an unfortunate change and apt 

 to cause confusion with Hume and Marshall's well-known 

 work. 



The re-arranging of the letterpress under headings, and 

 the substitution of several new plates by Mr. Gronvold, for 

 indifferent ones in the first edition, are great improvements, 

 but the same cannot be said of the way some of the old 

 plates have been reproduced : that of the Ruddy Sheldrake 

 for instance is poor in colour, while the bird flying in the 

 background seems to have been deprived of its eye ! 



The second volume of the series contains rather a lietero- 

 geneous lot of birds, viz. : Snipes, Bustards and Sandgrouse. 

 These Mr. Baker treats in a thorough manner and besides 

 giving descriptions and distribution adds full details in 

 regard to eggs and nesting, as well as information of interest 

 to the sportsman such as accounts of shooting, record 

 bags, etc. 



Admirable black and white plates by Mr. Gronvold show 

 the differences in the heads and bills, under wing-coverts 



