962 Tlecenthj puM/is/ie/{ Oniifhn/og'ical ]Vorks. [Ibis, 



President). Dr. Eagle Clarke, lias found an interesting 

 notice in an old Scots history — The Scotichronicum — to tlie 

 effect that a pair of White Storks nested on the top of the 

 tower of St. Giles Church in Edinhurgli in 1416, and after 

 bringing up their young disappeared again. This seems 

 to be the only record of the breeding of the Stork in the 

 British Islands. Mr. VVm. Evans opens a discussion on 

 the often-disputed statement of the Woodcock carrying 

 away its young when the nest is disturbed. Though not 

 denying that Woodcock may sometimes do so, his experiences 

 lead him to ijelieve that in most cases they '' feign '^ to do 

 so in order to attract attention away from the nest, where 

 the young birds remain ail the time. ^Ir. Wm. Evans and 

 also the Misses Baxter and Kintoul contribute articles on 

 the nesting of the Crested (jrrei)e in Scotland, where of 

 recent years it has become m'nch more plentiful ; tiie two 

 ladies have collected and codified l)oth locally and chrono- 

 logically all the information available. 



As usual, tlie July-August number is devoted to the 

 Report on Scottish Ornithology for 1918 prepared by the 

 Misses Rintoul and Baxter ; in this are included accounts 

 of migration movements and ringing results, extensions of 

 breeding range, notes on birds new to faunal areas, and 

 extensions of breeding ranges and other information, all 

 codified and arranged for easy reference. 



List of other Ornitholoijical Publications received. 



Chatman, R. Unusual types of apparent geoi^rapliic variation in color, 



etc. (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xxxiii. pp. 25-32.) 

 Cory, C. B. Catalogue of Bu'ds of the Americas. (Pt. ii. no. 2. 



Chicago, 1919.) 

 GniNNELL, J. jS^otes on the Elegant Tern as a bird of California. 



(Condor, xxi. pp. 230-234.) 

 Grinnell, J. Sequestration Notes. (Auk, xxxviii. pp. 84-88.) 

 Hellmayr, C. E., and Laubmanx. Nonienclator der Vcigel Bayern. 



(Miincheu, 191G.) 

 Hellmayb, C. E., and Laubmann. 10 reprints from Verhaudl. Urn. 



Ges. ]3ayern, vols, xii.-xiv. 



