
1 BRITISH BIRDS. |) [vou, x1, 
Hooror (Upupa e. epops).—One at Inverewe (West Ross-shire) on. 
April 26th. ' 
RovuGH-LEGGED Buzzarp (Buteo |. lagopus)—F ive seen eoming in 
to roost in the Lauderdale woods on January 29th. 
RED-NECKED GREBE (Podiceps g. griseigena).—Two seen on a 
firth in the Moray area, on November 30th, are said to constitute 
the first record for Moray. One in Fife on September 28th. 
BLACK-TAILED Gopwit (Limosa limosa).—One seen near Arbroath 
(Forfar) on September 7th. 
Brack TERN (Hydrochelidon n. nigra).—Two in Luce Bay 
(Wigtownshire) on May 20th. 
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GuLuL (Larus fuscus).—One seen in 
Wigtownshire on February 22nd is not described, but another in the 
same county on November 9th is stated to have had a “ black bac 
and was doubtless L. f. fuscus. 
Ivory-Gutu (Pagophila eburnea).—One at Galson (Outer Hebrides) | 
on February 15th, and one at N. Ronaldshay (Orkneys) on ~ 
November 8th. . 
Lirrte Aux (Alle alle).—Numbers were driven ashore between — 
February 18th and March 19th, during a spell of stormy weather © 
Handbook to Lord Lalford’s Coloured Figures of the Birds — 
of the British Islands. By Hugh 8. Gladstone, M.A. 
F.R.S.E., F.Z.8., etc. London (Bickers): 1917. Roy. 
8vo., pp. 69. Price 12s. 6d. 
Possmssors of a copy of the late Lord Lilford’s Coloured 
Figures of British Birds will welcome Captain Gladstone’s 
Handbook as a means of readily ascertaining the differences 
between the first and second editions of the work, for few 
are likely to possess both editions. Hitherto all bird-lovers 
have known that there are two editions of the work and that 
several artists were employed, while in the second edition 
some of the parts and plates were reprinted. 
Captain Gladstone’s compilation details in table A, in 
parallel columns, the exact difference between each part 
of each edition ; in table B the equivalents of the differently 
numbered parts in the two editions are shown; in table C_ 
the contents of each part in each edition ; in table D the whole 
of the species are enumerated alphabetically, with their 
volume, page, plate, artist and lithographer, and any differ- 
ences in the plates occurring in the second edition ; while, 
finally, table E enumerates the “‘ suppressed plates” and 
the difference between them and the approved plates. 
Much information of interest is also introduced, and from a 
summary we learn that of the 421 coloured plates 15 are 
unsigned, 268 are drawn by Thorburn, 125 by Keulemans, 
6 by G. E. Lodge, 5 by E. Neale, 1 by W. Foster and 1 by 
J. Smit. 
As a compilation the Handbook is, even if a trifle over- 
weighted, a remarkable piece of work, and deserving of the 
highest praise. H. K. 8. 
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