288 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



doubtful. Twenty-two of these have been ascertained to 

 nest in Spitsbergen, while three others probably do so. 



35. 'Bird-Notes.' 



[Bird-Notes. Vol. ii. nos. 1-10. March 1903 to January 1904. London. 

 Price Gd. each.] 



We desire to encourage the study of Bird-life in all 

 its aspects, and it is therefore with pleasure that we say 

 a few words about f Bird-Notes ' — the Journal of the 

 "Foreign Bird Club" and the "National British Bird 

 Club," of the recent numbers of which Ave have lately 

 received copies. The Journal appears to be of the same 

 character as the ' Avicultural Magazine/ to which we have 

 previously called attention, but is, perhaps, of a still more 

 popular nature. However, there is no doubt much to be 

 learned from the study of living birds in cages or in any 

 other kind of captivity, and we welcome every sort of 

 information that can be obtained from these sources. In 

 some cases indeed it has already furnished valuable par- 

 ticulars as regards the food, moult, and breeding-habits of 

 birds, which could hardly have been obtained without its 

 aid. Besides the usual articles, intended mainly for keepers 

 of birds in cages and aviaries, this Journal contains some 

 good illustrations of recently introduced foreign species, 

 with notes on them. 



The <( Foreign Bird Shows " at the Crystal Palace and 

 elsewhere are duly described. 



36. Blomefield's ' Naturalist's Calendar.' 



[A Naturalist's Calendar, kept at Swaffham Bulheck, Cambridgeshire, 

 by Leonard Blometield (formerly Jenyns). Edited by Francis Darwin, 

 Fellow of Christ's College. Cambridge: at the University Press. 1903. 

 Pp. xx, 84.] 



'A Naturalist's Calendar'' will always be of interest to 

 those who wish to compare the times of appearance of 

 birds with those of the opening of flowers, but it should 

 carefully be borne in mind that the observations are those of 

 a single individual in a limited area, within certain limits of 

 time. 



