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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  bestowal 
  by 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  of 
  London 
  of 
  

   their 
  Silver 
  Medal 
  to 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  families 
  of 
  Scott 
  

   and 
  Edmondston 
  for 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  this 
  bird, 
  have 
  been 
  

   " 
  undoubtedly 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  doing 
  much 
  good/^ 
  Foula, 
  it 
  

   appears, 
  was 
  visited 
  in 
  1891 
  by 
  about 
  100 
  pairs 
  of 
  this 
  bird, 
  

   and 
  although 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  first 
  laying 
  of 
  their 
  eggs 
  was 
  

   taken, 
  about 
  60 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  laying 
  were 
  reared. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  the 
  colony 
  at 
  Unst, 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Edmondston, 
  

   in 
  1891, 
  as 
  already 
  stated 
  in 
  this 
  Journal 
  (Ibis, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  633), 
  

   engaged 
  a 
  special 
  keeper 
  to 
  live 
  for 
  three 
  months 
  on 
  Her- 
  

   manness 
  and 
  guard 
  the 
  Bonxies. 
  The 
  result 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  

   nine 
  pairs 
  that 
  nested 
  seven 
  succeeded 
  in 
  hatching 
  and 
  rearing 
  

   their 
  young. 
  All 
  naturalists, 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Clarke 
  well 
  puts 
  it, 
  

   ''will 
  accord 
  Mr. 
  Edmondston 
  their 
  warmest 
  thanks 
  for 
  his 
  

   great 
  and 
  happily 
  successful 
  efforts 
  " 
  to 
  protect 
  these 
  birds. 
  

  

  16. 
  Collett 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Arctic 
  Norway. 
  

  

  [Das 
  Leben 
  der 
  Vogel 
  im 
  Arctisclien 
  Norwegen. 
  Oeffentlicher 
  Vortrag 
  

   aus 
  Anlass 
  des 
  zweiten 
  Congresses 
  zii 
  Budapest 
  gelialten 
  am 
  13 
  Mai 
  1891 
  

   im 
  Palaste 
  der 
  Ungarisclien 
  Akademie 
  der 
  Wissenschaften, 
  vou 
  Professor 
  

   Robert 
  Collett.] 
  

  

  Amongst 
  the 
  many 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Ornitho- 
  

   logical 
  Congress 
  of 
  1891 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  address 
  on 
  the 
  Bird- 
  

   life 
  of 
  Northern 
  Norway 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Collett, 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  

   lately 
  had 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  receiving 
  a 
  copy 
  from 
  the 
  hands 
  

   of 
  the 
  author. 
  Prof. 
  Collett, 
  who 
  is 
  a 
  well-known 
  expert 
  on 
  

   this 
  subject, 
  describes 
  the 
  physical 
  aspect 
  and 
  winged 
  in- 
  

   habitants 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  round 
  the 
  Nortli 
  Cajje 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  

   which 
  will 
  inspire 
  every 
  ornithologist 
  who 
  reads 
  his 
  address 
  

   with 
  a 
  wish 
  to 
  visit 
  these 
  solitudes. 
  

  

  Here, 
  in 
  1880, 
  Prof. 
  Collett 
  found 
  Tringa 
  minuta 
  breeding 
  

   in 
  two 
  separate 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Porsangerfjord, 
  in 
  

   company 
  with 
  colonies 
  of 
  Tringa 
  temmincki. 
  Here, 
  in 
  1872, 
  

   on 
  the 
  little 
  island 
  of 
  Tamso, 
  were 
  about 
  30 
  pairs 
  of 
  Cvlymbus 
  

   septentrionalis 
  nesting. 
  Here 
  also 
  Phylloscopus 
  horealis, 
  

   unknown 
  except 
  as 
  an 
  occasional 
  straggler 
  in 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  

   Europe, 
  comes 
  every 
  year 
  to 
  rear 
  its 
  young, 
  and 
  Anser 
  

   erythropus 
  is 
  widely 
  diffused 
  along 
  the 
  bushy 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  