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able increase of Fulmarus glacialis and the extension of its 

 breeding range in Scotland and Ireland during the last 

 ten years has been frequently referred to in the pages of this 

 magazine. Further interesting news on this subject is published 

 in a recent issue of the Scottish Naturalist. Ten birds were seen 

 by Miss Rintoul and Miss Baxter on the cliffs at Fowlsheugh, 

 Kincardineshire, in June 1914, but eggs were not seen {Scot. 

 Nat., 1914, p. 215 ; cf. British Birds, VIII., p. 125). Owing to 

 the war these observers were unable to visit Fowlsheugh again 

 until June 21st, 1920, when they counted ten or twelve pairs, 

 and several were sitting and an egg was seen {Scot. Nat., 

 1920, p. 171). 



In the same journal (p. 170) Mr. H. Raeburn states that 

 in May 1920 he saw fovu" " settled " pairs, besides two or 

 three other birds, at St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire. On May 

 23rd " the females were sitting in the chosen hollows " in 

 very inaccessible ledges, but no eggs appear to have been 

 laid at this date. 



Mr. J. Gowan states {t.c, p. 171) that he saw several pairs 

 of Fulmars on July 26th, 1920, on the cliffs at Troup Head, 

 Banffshire, and although no eggs were seen there is little 

 doubt the birds were breeding. 



Land-Rail in Cumberland in Winter. — Mr. H. A. Booth 

 sends us a note of a Crex crex being shot en Clifton Moor, 

 near Workington, on January 3rd, 1921. 



REVIEWS. 



The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs. Second Series. 

 By T. A. Coward, M.B.O.U., etc. Pp. 376. 213 

 Coloured Illustrations and 69 photographs. 6^x4i. 

 (Warne.) 1920. 12s. 6d. net. 



It is with great pleasure that we welcome the appearance 

 of the second part of this unassuming and excellent little- work. 

 All that we said in its favour when reviewing the first series 

 {antea, p. 47) holds good with regard to the second, which 

 deals with the families Anatidce to Tetraonidce. The coloured 

 plates are naturally one of the great attractions of the book. 

 Although not all the plates in Lilford have been reproduced, 

 the exceptions are so few that practically every bird which 

 any ordinary field worker is at all likely to meet with is 

 illustrated, as well as many which he is very unlikely to see 

 in life. Taken as a whole the photographs reach rather a 



