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bestowed on Ornithology having resulted in its detection in various 
parts of the South of England. 
The remarks on the nesting of the Siskin deserve careful perusal, 
and various interesting notes on the local names of birds and their 
derivation, which are scattered throughout this number, cannot 
fail to be acceptable to ornithologists. 
The Birds of Marlborough. By Everarp F. Im Tuurn. Appendix, 
pp- 10, demy 8vo. Perkins & Son, Marlborough. 1876. 
On taking up this pamphlet, the first thing that strikes us is the 
obvious inconvenience which results from publishing an Appendix 
in a larger form than the volume which it is intended to supple- 
ment, the original publication being a small post and the present 
addition a demy octavo. The two consequently cannot be bound 
together. Saving this objection, the new pages bear testimony to 
the interest which is taken in one at least of our public schools in 
the subject of Natural History, and to the progress which is being 
made in a particular branch of it. 
We are glad to see that the objections which we pointed out to 
the systematic arrangement adopted by Mr. Im Thurn in his earlier 
production have since received his consideration and concurrence, 
and that he now admits the inconvenience which has been found 
to arise from it. He says:— 
“T now think that the plan is useless, and only serves to confuse the 
reader. If it is adopted in a history of the birds of a district, it should at 
least be accompanied by a synoptic list of the whole of the birds in their 
proper order. I now hold this view so strongly that I take the present 
opportunity to give such a list, in which will be found the names of all the 
birds which we know to have occurred within a district extending for eight 
miles round Marlborough.” 
The reasons for fixing this limit will be found in the preface to 
the earlier publication. 
The new species which have been added to the list since 1870 
are the Hen Harrier, Whimbrel, Spotted Crake, Pintailed Duck, 
Scaup, Common Scoter, Shag and Little Gull, almost all of which 
are inserted on the strength of a single occurrence, while the 
majority of them can only be regarded as purely accidental visitants 
to the district. 
