REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 
With commendable promptitude, Part 2 of A Bibliography of British 
Ornithology, by W. H. Mullens and H. K. Swann has appeared (Macmillan 
& Co., 6s. net). It occupies pages 113 to 240 and includes such well- 
known names as Cordeaux, Coward, Darwin, Doubleday, Dresser, Fortune 
(who, by the way, is a native of Hull), Fothergill, Frohawk, Gould. 
Rambles in the Vaudese Alps, by F. S. Salisbury. London : a Me 
Dent & Sons, 154 pages, 2s. 6d. net. This volume is a record of a holiday 
spent at Gryon, Vaud, in 1908, and is written to interest those who admire 
Alpine flowers and scenery. The value of the book is increased by illus- 
trations from photographs of Alpine plants, by Somerville Hastings. 
The Text Book of Geology, by L. V. Pirsson, London, Chapman and 
Hall, 444 pp., 10s. 6d. net. In this volume the Professor of Physical 
Geology, Yale University, gives an extraordinarily clear and well illustrated 
account of the various effects upon the earth of Rain, Hail, Snow, Heat, etc. 
Aided by a miscellaneous series of examples abounding on the American 
Continent the Author has been able to show the effects of various denuding 
agents, probakly far better than he could had he been limited to other areas, 
though at the same time we observe that occasional European features are 
illustrated. - Whether showing the formation of canyons, deltas, islands, 
hot springs, earthquakes, fractures, or other innumerable geological 
phcenemona, remarkable instances are given and described. An excellent 
coloured geological map of North America accompanies the volume. 
The Place-Names of Durham, by Rev. C. E. Jackson. London : George 
Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 115 pages, 5s. net. There is much of scientific 
interest in the origin of Place- Names, and in this connection considerable 
advance has recently been made in their proper study. Durham and 
other eastern counties have Place-Names which have a distinct bearing 
upon the Natural Hostory or Physical Features of the district. The 
perusal of Mr. Jackson’s ideas of the origin of many of the Durham Place- 
Names is of value, and now and again many old ideas have apparently 
to go to the wall. For instance, our ornithological friends will be sorry 
to be definitely informed that Egglescliff is neither Eagle’s Cliff nor Eggs” 
Cliff, nor has Eggleston any ornithological significance. On the other 
hand, Roker and Rook Hope are said to have some connection with the 
Rook. 
Bibliography of British Ornithology, by W. H. Mullens and H. K. Swann, 
Macmillan & Co., London, part I, 112 pp., 6s. net. This useful work 
contains particulars of publications from the earliest times to the end of 
1912, including biographical accounts of the principal writers cn birds 
and bibliographies of their published works. The work is to be completed 
in six bi-monthly parts, and there is no doubt that in its complete form 
it will be of incalculable assistance to Zoologists. The present section 
begins with Adams (not ‘ Adam’ though surely he ought to be classed as 
an early ornithologist and a namer of new species), to Buxton. Useful in- 
formation is given relating to the different writers, though under George 
Bolam (p. 78) we find no reference to that writer’s excellent report on the 
Birds of Homisea Mere, yet less important items are quoted. Many 
Yorkshire Naturalists, present and past, are referred to in the pages. 
The Geology of the Lake District, and the Scenery as influenced by 
Geological Structure, by Professor J. E. Marr. Cambridge University 
Press, 220 pp., 12s. net. Few people are able to speak with the authority 
that an acquaintance with a district warrants as does Professor Marr, 
who knows every nook and corner of ‘ One of nature’s laboratories,’ the 
Lake District. Professor Marr considers Jonathan Otley, the Keswick 
Guide, as the ‘ father of the Lakeland Geology,’ and his portrait appears 
as frontispiece to the volume. By the aid of numerous sections, maps, 
diagrams, and reproductions of photographs, Dr. Marr describes the 


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