354 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
Wild Birds Preservation Act, Scotland, and of additional 
notes. The 2] full-page illustrations include portraits of 
well-known Perthshire naturalists and other local celebrities, 
views of scenery, and so forth; we should almost have 
preferred a greater proportion of the latter. Five maps 
shew the occurrences of the Little Auk, the dispersal of 
the Starling and Tufted Duck, the Tents Muir and Barry 
districts, and the entire “ Tay” area. 
No one could be better fitted to write this volume than 
Mr. Harvie-Brown, who, living almost within the district, 
has worked at its fauna since 1860; his wide information 
has enabled him to treat with his customary skill and 
knowledge the fauna of each separate district, while many 
willing helpers have materially lightened his task. We 
must, however, take him to task with regard to the following 
slips of the pen :— 
(1) The whole of the information under the heading of 
“Ortolan Bunting” belongs to “ Cirl Bunting ” 
and has been misplaced; while “ Henderson of 
Dundee ” therein should be ‘‘ Henderson of Dunross- 
ness, Shetland.” His record therefore refers to the 
Shetland Fauna. 
(2) The square brackets have been accidentally omitted 
from the articles on the ‘ Ruddy Sheldrake” and 
““ Red-legged Partridge.” 
(3) The Little Stint is entirely omitted from the list of 
species (p. 319), though it is not uncommon at times 
on certain parts of the coast. 
On the other hand, the breeding of the Grey Lag Goose 
in a wild state within the Tay area and the supposed occur- 
rence of the Marsh-Warbler are wisely omitted for the 
present. 
35. ‘ Hastings and East Sussex Naturalist.’ 
[The Hastings and East Sussex Naturalist, being the Journal of the 
Hastings and St, Leonards Natural History Society. Vol. i. No. 1. 
Hastings : Burfield & Pennells. November 1906. Price 1s.] 
We congratulate the above-named Society on the issue 
