374 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
The Birds of Cornwall and the Scilly Islands. By the late 
Epwarp Hearte Ropp. Edited, with an Introduction, 
Appendix, and Brief Memoir of the Author, by JameEs 
Epmunp Harrine. With portrait of Mr. Rodd, and Map. 
8vo, pp. 320. London: Triibner & Co. 1880. 
Ir will be admitted by all readers of ‘ The Zoologist,’ who for 
so many years have been in the habit of perusing his frequent 
communications to this journal, that no one was better qualified 
to write an account of the Birds of Cornwall than the late 
Edward Hearle Rodd. His long-expected book has at length 
appeared, and contains in about three hundred pages, the sum 
and substance of forty years’ observation in a county less known, 
perhaps, to naturalists than any other in England. 
In an Introduction of fifty-six pages, the Editor has given a 
bibliographical notice of works relating to the natural history of 
Cornwall, from William of Worcester’s ‘ Itinerary’ in 1478, to the 
second edition of Mr. Rodd’s ‘ List of Cornish Birds,’ which was 
printed in 1869; thus leading up to the present volume. 
For reasons which will be obvious to our readers, we abstain 
from offering any criticism; but we may be excused, perhaps, for 
pointing out that the Introduction contains some interesting 
letters written by a Cornish ornithologist in the time of Queen 
Anne, which have hitherto escaped notice; while the ‘ Appendix” 
includes some additions to the notices of rare birds mentioned in 
the body of the work, besides a ‘ List of Cornish Names of Birds,” 
and a ‘‘ List of Provincial Names of Birds now or formerly in 
use in Cornwall.” A clear map of the county, prepared by 
Mr. Stanford, shows at least ninety per cent. of the localities 
mentioned or referred to in the text. 
A Descriptive List of the Birds of Nottinghamshire. By W. J. 
Srertanp and J. Wuiraker. 8vo, pp. 71. Mansfield: 
W. Gouk.. 1879. 
Mr. STERLAND’s name will be familiar to our readers as that 
of the author of ‘The Birds of Sherwood Forest,’ reviewed in 
‘The Zoologist’ for October, 1869; while the name of Mr. 
Whitaker is almost equally well known from his contributions to 
this Journal on the Ornithology of the district in which he resides. 
