75 1 Recently published Ornitholoc/ical Wurks. 



former account of the Scottisli Heronries ; while Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney sends a note on Solamosse (Sol way) Geese, as 

 distingiiished from Sollemgeese (Gannets). Notices of 

 Northern Bullfinclies, Mealy Redpolls, and the continental 

 forms of the Willow-Warbler and Great Spotted Woodpecker 

 are of considerable interest ; as are the details of nests of 

 the Snow-Bunting in Aberdeenshire and the Wigeon in 

 Roxburghshire by Mr. Blackwood. 



A large part of the July number is devoted to the Report 

 on Scottisli Ornithology for 1910 by Misses Rintoul and 

 Baxter, who record the first Scottish examples of the Rock 

 Thrush (Pentland Skerries), the Marsh- Warbler (St. Kilda), 

 the American Totanus fiavijjes (Fair Isle) and Anthus pennsyl- 

 vanicus (St. Kilda), besides the rarer species mentioned in the 

 first paragraph of this notice. Acanthis exilipes and A. hol- 

 ha'Ul were also procured, if these forms are to be regarded 

 as certainly distinguishable, while continental forms of the 

 Robin, Gold-crested Wren, and Great Tit were examined 

 and identified. 



A separate report is given by the same two ladies to record 

 the Nio-litiiigale from the Isle of May (May 9th, 1911) ; but 

 the same article has also much interesting information 

 on the distribution of birds in the separate faunal areas and 

 notices of such rare species as the Icteriue Warbler, Siberian 

 ChiffchafF, and White-spotted Blue-throat. Northern Bull- 

 finches and Hoopoes were unusually abundant. Greenland 

 Falcons occurred in several places, but no reports were 

 received on this occasion of Yellow-browed or Barred 

 Warblers. 



82. ' Avicultural Magazine.'' 



[Avicultural Magazine. Series 3. Vol. ii. Nos. 8-10 (Jime-Auo-. 

 1911).] 



Threemore numbers of our contemporary come to be noticed, 

 and we are particularly pleased with the account of the 

 *' display " of the Peacock-Pheasant by Mr. R. I. Pocock, 

 which supplements that of Darwin, while shewing a 

 connexion with the displays of the Argus Pheasant and 

 others of the same Fami^^ and a contrast to those of the 

 Peacock and Turkey. The lateral and frontal positions are 

 both fio-ured. 



