Recently published Ornithological Works. 155 



Oberliolser^ and that there is no evidence of the occurrence 

 of the last-named species within the boundaries of the State 

 of Arizona. 



Trevor-Battye on Crete. 



[Camping in Crete. With notes upon tlie animal and plant life of the 

 Island. By Aubyn Trevor-Battye, M.A., &c. Pp. xxi+308; 32 plates 

 and a map. London (Witherby), 1913. 8vo. Price 10s. Qd.'] 



Mr. Trevor-Battye has written a very pleasant and readable 

 account of his wanderings in Crete^ which^ though so often 

 seen from ships coming and going to the east, is com- 

 paratively seldom visited by the tourist. Yet it is a 

 fascinating islet, something like Sicily, but greener and full 

 of waters — as beautiful as Corfu without that island's exotic 

 note. 



Our author concerns himself in the present volume 

 neither with international politics nor with excavations 

 and antiquities, the two matters which have made Crete 

 conspicuous among Mediterranean islands, but gives us a 

 series of simple pictures of the natural features and of the 

 inhabitants, which he has noticed while wandering from 

 one end of the island to the other. Interspersed with these 

 will be found interesting notices of the various birds rr.et 

 with, and these are all summarized into a list on pp. 257- 

 263, of those seen or obtained during a visit between the 

 months of March and June. 



The photographs with which the volume is illustrated are 

 all, with the exception of five, from Mr. Trevor-Batty e's own 

 camera, and an excellent map makes it quite easy to follow 

 his various routes. 



The perusal of this work makes one long to be able to 

 follow in the author's footsteps and visit this fascinating 

 island. Beyond this no further commendation is needed. 



Witherby on the Rook. 



[The Sequence of Plumages of the Book. With Special Beference to 

 the Moult of the "Face." By H. F. Witherby. British Birdy, vii. 

 1913, pp. 126-139, pis. 4-11.] 



As is well known, the young Rook has a feathered face 



