Recently j)ublished Ornithological Wurks. 145 



for no fewer than thirteen days and nights during the 

 spring of 1911. The result is an extraordinary collection 

 of intimate pictures of the Peregrines feeding and brooding 

 their downy young from the age of two days after hatchiug, 

 till they were twenty-nine days old. 



Among the more interesting observations I'ecorded is the 

 fact that the female Peregrine, a few days after the young are 

 hatched, turns over to the tiercel (male) the duties usually 

 assigned to her sex and spends most of her time foraging and 

 bringing the quarry to the tiercel^ who remains in the eyrie 

 to feed and look after the young. 



Dr. Heatherley concludes his interesting notes with some 

 valuable advice on the subject of bird-photography, of which 

 he here shows himself so complete an adept. 



La Touche on the Birds of Chinwangtao, China. 



[Lij^t of Birds observed at Chinwangtao and in the neighbouring 

 districts of North-east Chihli : in Decennial Reports, 1902-11 of 

 Commissioner of the Imperial Chinese Customs. Pp. 175.] 



The port of Chinwangtao lies on the west coast of the 

 Gulf of Liaotungj about 122 miles to the north-east of 

 Takuj the port of Peking. It derives its importance as 

 being ice-free in winter and also from its close proximity 

 to valuable coal-fields, and has been open to foreign trade 

 since 1898. Our fellow-member Mr. J. D. D. La Touche, 

 who is stationed at Chinwangtao in charge of the Imperial 

 Maritime Customs, has incorporated in his report on the 

 trade and revenue of the port a list of birds observed by him 

 in that neighbourhood. These are 234 in number, out of 

 which only 58 appear to be breeders, the others being all 

 winter visitors and migrants. 



We hope that Mr. La Touche will be able to extend this 

 list and publish it with further details later on in some more 

 accessible form. 



Mathews on Australian Birds. 



[The Birds of Australia. By Gregory M. Mathews. Vol. iii. part 3 ; 

 pp. 205-300, pis. 151-1G6. London (Witherby), 1913. 4 to.] 



This part of Mr. Mathews' work continues the Sandpiper 



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