640 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
Warbler, the Tawny Pipit, the American Bittern, and the 
Sooty Shearwater. 
Each species is placed in a separate case, which is fitted 
up to represent, as far as possible, the natural surround- 
ings of the bird in its native haunts. The cases being of 
different sizes it has not, unfortunately, been possible to 
arrange them in exact systematic order. 
92. Chapman on the Ornithology of the Borders. 
[Bird Life of the Borders on Moorland and Sea, with Faunal Notes 
extending over Forty Years. By Abel Chapman. London, 1907 : Gurney 
and Jackson. 8vo,. Pp. i-xii, 1-458; 27 full-page and many text illus- 
trations. | 
In the first edition of this book * Mr. Chapman gave an 
accurate and life-like description of the Birds of the Border 
Country, coupled with a pleasing account of the district 
itself. He has now enlarged the scope of the work to include 
portions of Roxburgh- and Berwick-shires formerly omitted, 
as may be seen from the very clear map with which he has 
supplied us. The chapters on Red Grouse and Black-game 
are a perfect mine of information to the sportsman and 
naturalist, while those dealing with wild-fowling on the North- 
umberland coast may be considered, as the author claims, the 
best exposition of the subject to be found in contemporary 
writings ; they hold the reader’s attention throughout, and 
well describe the dangers and difficulties of this exciting 
aquatic sport. Nor are these the only points of excellence in 
a most interesting local book; all the species from the 
smallest to the largest come in for their due share of atten- 
tion, whether they be Warblers, Buirds-of-Prey, Geese, 
Waders, or Sea-fowl ; the process of Migration, moreover, 
affords material for one chapter, and notes on game-fishes 
for another. 
We must, however, hold Mr. Chapman accountable for 
ignoring the work of his predecessors, and demur to the 
statement on his first page that he is writing of “a wild 
corner neglected and unknown.” On the contrary, few dis- 
tricts have been better worked, as may be seen by consulting the 
* See ‘Ibis,’ 1889, p. 245. 
