320 Recently published Ornitliological Works. 



Van Kempen on the Birds of the North of France. 



[Contribution a I'etude des oiseaux du Nord de la France. Par Ch. 

 van Kempen. Bull. Soc. Linn, du Nord de la France, Amiens, 1912, 

 pp. 1-62.] 



This is merely a list of specimens of birds in tlie collec- 

 tion of the author obtained in the three departments of 

 Somme, Nord, and Pas de Calais. Mr, van Kempen's col- 

 lections are large and contain over 20,000 examples, of 

 which 8,720 are European. 



Menzbier's Zoo-geographical Atlas. 



[Zoo-geographischer Atlas, 30 Bildertafeln, die die Tierbevolkerung 

 des Festlandes der Weltkugel nach den zoologischen Regioneu illus- 

 trieren, samt dem erklarenden Texte und einer Karte der zoologischen 

 Regionen. Die Tafelu sind unter Leituug von Prof. Menzbier vom 

 Kunstler W. A. Watagin angefiihrt. Pp. 1-31, 30 pis. Moskau (Sabas- 

 chnikoft), 1912. Folio.] 



This work by our esteemed Foreign INIember, Prof. Dr. 

 IVlichael IVIenzbier of jMoscow, consists of a portfolio of 

 thirty coloured plates illustrating the mammalian and avian 

 faunas of the different zoo-geographical regions and sub- 

 regions of the world. Accompanying this is a text in 

 parallel Russian and German columns in explanation of the 

 plates. The regions adopted are those of Sclater and 

 Wallace, and are shown on a map of the world printed Avith 

 the text. The work. Prof. Menzbier informs us, was origin- 

 ally planned for lectures on geographical distribution to the 

 students of the University of INIoscow, and is now published 

 in the hope that it may be of use to other schools and 

 colleges. 



Mitchell on the Early Life of Birds. 



[The Childhood of Animals. By P. Chalmers Mitchell, M.A., LL.D., 

 F.R.S. With coloured plates by E. Yarrow Jones, M.A., and drawings 

 by R. B. Brook-Greaves, xiv + 270 pp., 12 plates. London (Heine- 

 mann), 1912. 8vo. Price 10s.] 



During Christmas time of 1911-12 Dr. Chalmers IVIitchell 

 was called upon to deliver the usual course of lectures 

 "adapted to a juvenile auditory" at the Royal Institution. 



