1920.] Recently pubHslied Ornitkolorjical Works. 959 



Mr. W. J. Williams. Auotiier British bird is newly named 

 by iV[r. Withcrby. He [)ro])()ses to separate the Little Owl 

 of north Eui'ope from Mambiirg" to Holland from the typical 

 form of sontheru Europe, on account cliieHy of its darker 

 colour, under the name Al/ie/ic itoctua inira. It is the new 

 sulispecics which has been introduced and which has s[)read 

 all over the south and east of En;;lan(l of lat(> years. There 

 are some other changes in nomenclature and status for 

 inclusion in the third su|)plenient to the ' Hand-list of 

 15ritish Birds.' 



Finally, we must add a few words about the British Birds 

 marking scheme. Two reports, for 1918 and 1919, appear 

 in the volume. The number of birds ringed in the last- 

 named year shows a falling off, but still there are many 

 interesting results. A Swallow ringed in Yorkshire as a 

 nestling in August 1918 was recovered in East Giicpialand, 

 Cape (Colony, in February 1919. This is the fourth instance 

 of such an occurrence. In another paper prepared by 

 Mr. VA'itherby himself, he has brought together a number 

 of very interesting results collated from the re[)()rts up to 

 date in regard to certain species of birds. Undoubtedly 

 this method of working has added to our knowledge of the 

 movements of our British birds when they leave these 

 shores. 



[Revue Fraii^aise d'Ornithologie Scieutifiqne et rratiquo. lb' Ainitie, 

 nos. 117-128. Jan.-Dec. 1919. 



French Review of Ornithology. 



[Revue Fraii^aise d'Ornithologie Sc 

 s. 117-128. Jan.-Dec. 1919. 



M. Menegaux has managed to keep his excellent Journal 

 going throughout the war, but we notice that he has now 

 found himself comj)elIed to raise the subscription from ten 

 to twenty francs a year, owing to the enormous rise in the 

 cost of book-making. 



The volume for 1919 contains a number of useful and 

 interesting contributions, but we fear we can only mention a 

 few of them. There are several articles dealing \\\t\\ the 

 protection of birds especially in the south, where destruction 

 by nets and guns seems much more severe than in the north, 



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