LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED 637 



1896-1904. C. It. Honnickc [Editor]. Naumann's Naturgeschichte der Vogel Mittel-Europas. 12 

 vols., folio, with coloured plates of eggs by A. Reichort. 



1897-99. O. A. J. Lee, Among British Birds in their Nesting Haunts. 4 vols., folio, with plates of 

 nests. 



1899. A. Nehrkorn, Katalog der Eiersammluny. [1st Edit., with 4 col. pi. Also a 2nd Edit, 

 published in 1910.] 



1900. E. Kearton, Our llurer British Breeding Birds. [70 illustrations of nests from photographs.] 

 1900-5. E. Key, Die Kier der Vogel Mitteleuropas. 128 coloured plates. [The first work in which 



accurate dimensions and weights of series of eggs are given.] 



1901-12. E. W. Gates, S. G. Reid, etc., Catalogue of the Collection of Birds Eggs in the British Museum, 

 5 vols., with 79 excellent coloured plates by H. Gronvold. [The catalogue is planned on a defective 

 system. In most cases no clue is given to the number of eggs in the clutch, and the measurements 

 given are useless.] 



1902. A. Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, Part n. (Picarise Passeres). [Four col. pi. of eggs, poorly 

 executed, and 4 views.] 



1905. H. E. Dresser, Eggs of the Birds of Europe. [106 plates by the three-colour process, mostly 

 rather disappointing. Several species are here figured for the first time.] 



1905. A. Newton, Oolhfca Wolleyana, Part in. (Columbae-Alca;). [8 beautifully executed plates of 

 great-auks' eggs.] 



1906. G. Krause, Oologia Universalis Palcearctica. [In progress. A splendid atlas of plates. Many 

 are in advance of any that have been used up to the present. The letterpress is a negligible 

 quantity.] 



1906. F. C. R. Jourdain, The Eggs of European Birds. [In progress. The eggs of sub-specific 

 forms are here treated separately for the first time.] 



1907. A. Newton, Ootheca JVooleyana, Part iv. Alcaa-Anseres. [Map and three plates ; also supple- 

 ment.] [F. c. R. J.] 



IX. PERIODICAL. 



(a) British. 



1843- . TJie Zoologist. 1st series, edit, by E. Newman (1843-65). 2nd series, ed. by E. Newman 

 (1866-1876). 3rd series, edit, by J. E. Harting (1877-1896). 4th series, edit, by W. L. Distant 

 (1897- ). [In progress.] 



1851-58. The Naturalist. Conducted by B. R. Morris, F. 0. Morris, and C. R. Bree. 



1852- . The Field, the Farm, the Garden ; the Country Gentleman's Newspaper. (' Naturalist ' depart- 

 ment). [In progress.] 



1859- . The Ibis. 1st series, ed. by P. L. Sclater (1859-64). 2nd series, ed. by A. Newton (1865- 

 70). 3rd series, ed. by 0. Salvin (1871-76). 4th series, ed. by Salvin and Sclater (1877-82). 5th 

 series, ed. by Sclater and Saunders (1883-88). 6th series, ed. by Sclater (1889-94). 7th series, 

 ed. by Sclater and Saunders (1895-1900). 8th and 9th series, ed. by Sclater and Evans (1901-1912). 

 10th series, ed. by W. L. Sclater (1913- ). [In progress.] 



1865- . The Naturalist. 1st series (1865-67). 2nd series (1875- ). [In progress.] 



1871-91. The Scottish Naturalist. 1st series (1871-82). 2nd series (1883-91). 



1876-78. The Ornithological Miscellany. (3 vols.) Edited by G. D. Rowley. 



1891-1911. Annals of Scottish Natural History. 



1892- . The Irish Naturalist. Edit, by G. H Carpenter and R. L. Praeger. [In progress.] 



1892- . Bulletin of tlie British Ornithologists' Club. [In progress.] 



1894- . The Avicultural Magazine. [In progress.] 



1896-97. The Ornithologist. Edited by H. K. Swann. (1 vol., all published.) 



1897- . Country Life. (Contains occasional articles on ornithological subjects illustrated by 

 photographs.) [In progress.] 



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