Recently published Ornithological Works. SiO 



45. Reiser on his ' Ornis Balcanica,' 



fDie Endergebnisse meiner Balkanforschungen. Von Otmar Reiser. 

 Ber. Intern. Orn.-Kongress Berlin, 1910, p. 766.] 



In this short address Herr Reiser explained to his 

 assembled colleagues at Berlin the difficulties^ chiefly of a 

 political jiature, that have prevented the completion of his 

 excellent work on the birds of the Balkan Peninsula. The 

 first volume (Bulgaria) was issued in 1894^ the second 

 (Montenegro) in 1898, and the third (Greece) in 1905. 

 We are now expecting the fourth and last, and hope that 

 the industrious author will not fail to hasten its completion. 



46. Reiser on Vultures' Habits. 



[Wie fiuden die Geier das Aaas.^ Von Otmar Eeiser. Ber. Intern. 

 Oin.-Kongress Berlin, p. 561.] 



Herr Reiser revives the old controversy respecting the 

 way in which Vultures find their food, by sight or by smell, 

 which we thought had been already settled. Living in a 

 laud where Vultures are still plentiful, he has a claim to 

 be heard on the question, which he decides — quite correctly, 

 we believe — in favour of sight. 



47. ' Scottish Natural History.' 



[The Annals of Scottish Natural History, No. 80 (Oct. 1911), and The 

 Scottish Naturalist, Nos. 1-2 (Jau-Feb. 1912).] 



We must first give what may be called an obituary notice 

 of the ' Annals of Scottish Natural History,' which now 

 reverts to its former name of ' Scottish Naturalist,' on 

 account of the separation from it of the Botanical portion, in 

 future to be published apart. This excellent periodical was 

 started by our well-known member Mr. Harvie-Brown, 

 when he secured the goodwill of the old ' Scottish 

 Naturalist,' and has been conducted by him and others for 

 no less than twenty years. We may congratulate him 

 heartily on the success of his venture, and may wish the 

 new journal equal success under the Editorship of our 

 friends Messrs. Eagle Clarke, W. Evans, and Grimshaw, the 



