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notwithstanding the geographical position of the county, so 

 favourably situated as it is for the visits of feathered stragglers 

 from the Continent, the occurrence of the Great Reed Warbler, 

 Savi's Warbler, and the Ortolan Bunting is considered more or 

 less doubtful. 



Dr. Babington's book will doubtless awaken fresh interest in 

 the study of Ornithology in Suffolk, and we may expect to hear 

 of the discovery of these and some other species which hitherto 

 seem to have escaped observation. The enumeration of the local 

 lists of birds which he has consulted, and the public and private 

 collections in the county which he has examined, testify to the 

 care and pains whieh the author has bestowed upon the pre- 

 paration of this useful volume. 



British Birds' Eggs : a Handbook of British Oology. By A. G. 

 BuTLEB, F.L.S., F.Z.S. Parts IV - VI. 8vo, pp. 113 - 219. 



London: E. W. Janson. 1886. 



Works designed for publication in parts do not always appear 

 punctually, nor are they, when begun, always completed. Mr. 

 Butler may be congratulated both upon punctuality and com- 

 pletion. We have already noticed the first three parts of his 

 work (Zool. 1886, p. 378) ; the remaining three are now before 

 us, forming a goodly volume of 220 pages, with thirty-eight 

 coloured plates of eggs. Looking at some of the earlier jilates, 

 as they appeared, we felt compelled to express disappointment, 

 as they did not seem to us to be sufidciently accurate in colouring. 

 In the later parts there is a marked improvement in this respect, 

 several of the figures, although chromo-lithographs, being almost 

 as good as if coloured by hand. 



Looking at the number of plates (which contain 370 figures) 

 and the price at which the book is published, we do not doubt 

 that there are many who will be glad to possess in a single 

 volume a handy guide such as this to the study of British 

 Oology. It may be added that Mr. Butler gives figures not only 

 of typical specimens of each species, but also of many of the 

 most striking varieties. 



