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on. The notes on the Anatidce are full of interest, and the 

 author's personal observations have resulted in the discovery 

 of the Garganey as a breeding species in Kent. Did space 

 permit we should have liked to call attention to many more 

 most interesting points in this book. 



We are glad to see that sub-species are fully recognised in 

 this volume and that the author designates them by 

 trinomials, but more uniformity in the headings would have 

 been desirable ; for instance, both forms of Bluethroat and 

 all the sub-species of Blue-headed Wagtails are given capital 

 headings, whereas the Northern Willow-Warbler and the 

 Continental Redbreast and Goldcrest are given small headings 

 only. 



As the author states in his preface that " it has been con- 

 sidered advisable to overstep the strict geographical boundary 

 of Kent in one particular, namely, by the inclusion of the 

 whole of Romney Marsh so far as the east bank of the river 

 Rother," we do not see the necessity of square brackets for 

 the Tawny Pipit (p. 104). The actual boundary between 

 Kent and Sussex on the south coast is at or about the west 

 of the Midrips — near Jews Gut or Jewries Gap, which we 

 notice the author calls Jury's Gap. 



The reproduction — by photography — of the original plates 

 of the Dartford Warbler, Kentish Plover and Sandwich Tern, 

 all of which were originally drawn from the type specimens, 

 are of far more interest than coloured plates would have been, 

 and the photographs of typical haunts of Kentish birds are 

 of importance. 



The copious notes on migration are a special feature in the 

 present work, and they are of the utmost importance, con- 

 sidering the position of the county. 



A bibliography is printed at the beginning of the book, 

 and an excellent coloured map is bound in at the end. 

 Although containing just over six hundred pages, the volume 

 is very light and handy and the type throughout is excellent. 



Having read every page of this book, we confidently recom- 

 mend it as a " last word " on the status of the Birds of Kent 

 up to the present time, and as such it adds considerably to 

 our knowledge of British birds. We feel sure that all those 

 who are interested in British birds — and they are many — 

 will join with us in congratulating Dr. Norman Ticehurst on 

 the result of his many years of careful work. 



M. J. N. 



