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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  indicate 
  a 
  general 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  Devonshire 
  Ornis 
  under 
  

   seven 
  categories. 
  Of 
  these 
  we 
  would 
  remark 
  that 
  "^ 
  Casual'^ 
  

   and 
  " 
  Accidental 
  " 
  are 
  terms 
  much 
  too 
  nearly 
  equivalent 
  to 
  

   be 
  used 
  in 
  different 
  senses. 
  For 
  the 
  68 
  " 
  Casual 
  " 
  visitors 
  

   to 
  Devonshire 
  we 
  think 
  " 
  Irregular 
  ^^ 
  a 
  much 
  better 
  name, 
  

   while 
  we 
  should 
  agree 
  with 
  our 
  authors 
  in 
  limiting 
  the 
  term 
  

   '^Accidental" 
  to 
  the 
  waifs 
  and 
  strays. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  main 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  we 
  find 
  ample 
  notes 
  on 
  

   the 
  292 
  species 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  list, 
  to 
  which 
  " 
  no 
  bird 
  not 
  

   actually 
  obtained 
  by 
  competent 
  persons 
  has 
  been 
  admitted/' 
  

   except 
  the 
  Black-headed 
  Warbler 
  [Sylvia 
  melanocephala) 
  , 
  

   Water- 
  Pipit 
  [Anlhus 
  spipoletta), 
  and 
  Hawk-Owl 
  [Surtiia 
  

   funerea), 
  about 
  which 
  "the 
  authors 
  entertain 
  no 
  doubt.'' 
  

   Good 
  coloured 
  figures 
  by 
  Keulemans 
  are 
  given 
  of 
  four 
  

   species 
  — 
  Ruticilla 
  titys 
  (a 
  regular 
  winter 
  visitor 
  on 
  the 
  

   south-western 
  coast 
  of 
  Devon), 
  Montagu's 
  Harrier, 
  the 
  

   Rough-legged 
  Buzzard, 
  and 
  Larus 
  ichthyaetus, 
  from 
  the 
  only 
  

   example 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  ever 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Islands. 
  

   There 
  are 
  likewise 
  views, 
  taken 
  from 
  photographs, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Birds 
  at 
  Lundy, 
  Start 
  Point, 
  Slapton 
  Ley, 
  and 
  the 
  Eddy- 
  

   stone, 
  all 
  characteristic 
  sceues 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Devon. 
  

  

  18. 
  Evans 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  the 
  Melrose 
  District. 
  

  

  [A 
  Pvelimiiiaiy 
  List 
  of 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  the 
  Melrose 
  District. 
  Tiy 
  A.. 
  H. 
  

   Evans, 
  M.A., 
  F.Z.S. 
  Reprinted 
  from 
  the 
  ' 
  Scottish 
  Naturalist,' 
  1892.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans's 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  Melrose 
  district 
  will 
  

   be 
  useful 
  to 
  students 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Avifauna, 
  as 
  giving 
  

   much 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  Ornithology 
  of 
  the 
  Border 
  Country. 
  

   Its 
  scope 
  includes 
  the 
  whole 
  county 
  of 
  Roxburgh, 
  and 
  

   portions 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  Selkirk, 
  Peebles, 
  Berwick, 
  and 
  Northum- 
  

   berland. 
  Many 
  local 
  ornithologists 
  have 
  rendered 
  assistance 
  

   to 
  the 
  author. 
  The 
  Ring-Ouzel 
  breeds 
  plentifully 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  

   of 
  this 
  district; 
  the 
  Redstart 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  abundant 
  

   than 
  formerly 
  ; 
  the 
  Grasshopper 
  Warbler 
  is 
  common 
  '' 
  on 
  

   the 
  rough 
  heathery 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  Cheviots, 
  and 
  one 
  pair 
  of 
  

   Ravens 
  is 
  still 
  known 
  to 
  nest 
  there." 
  

  

  