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states that they are present about the chffs of Cove Bay in 

 Kincardineshire, just south of Aberdeen. Mr. D. G. Hunter 

 observed about twenty along the chffs between Arbroath 

 and Red Head (Forfarshire) in June 192 1 and made out one 

 bird sitting {op. c, p. 125). Mr. W. Evans reports {op. c, 

 p. 126) that in June 1921 there were not less than twenty 

 birds in the colonv at St. Abb's Head. 



REVIEW. 



Our Resident Birds and How to Know Them. By E. F. M. 

 Elms, (Thornton Butter worth.) 6s. 



In this little book Mr. Elms groups his birds under " habitat " 

 headings such as gardens, woods, commons, streams and 

 seashore. He then subdivides them under colour and size. 

 The disadvantage of this method is that the same bird might 

 very well be seen in a garden, a wood or a common, and we 

 do not think the plan adopted will greatly assist the beginner, 

 for whom the book is designed. A more serious disadvantage, 

 however, is that the beginner who sees, for instance, a Garden- 

 Warbler in the garden, a Br ambling in the woods, a Wheatear 

 on a common, or a Sandpiper b}^ the stream and tries to 

 identify it with the help of this book will look in vain, as only 

 "resident " species are included ; and how is anyone to know 

 whether the bird is a resident or not until he has identified it ? 

 Under each species included by the author very brief details 

 are given of distribution, habitat, plumage, habits, nests, eggs 

 and food. The illustrations are mostly from photographs of 

 wild birds, but some appear to be from captive or stuffed 

 examples. Miss Turner's photograph of a Black-tailed Gcd- 

 wit facing p. 120 is labelled Redshank ! 



