Receidhj published Ornithological Worlis. 157 



and whose first report was issued in February 1906. All tlie 

 reports are drawn up on the same lines so that comparisons 

 can be naore easily made, and it is hoped that at the end of 

 ten yeai's it will be possible to make a digest of all the 

 observations from which deductions may be drawn which 

 will solve or help to solve some of the mysteries of this 

 great problem. 



During the spring of 1912 the weather was, on the whole, 

 very favourable and migration commenced early (on the 

 6th of March), and individuals of many species arrived in 

 various parts of the country at unusually early dates. 



The autumn migration of 1912 had no feature to which 

 attention need be specially drawn. 'J'he weather during 

 early autumn was unusually warm and fine and the de- , 

 parting birds seemed to have slipped away quietly and in 

 small parties, so that observations were not easy to make. 



An interesting feature of the Avinter of 1911-12 was the 

 great irruption of Little Auks, many hundreds of which, 

 having been driven southwards, were blown inland by gales 

 and perished miserably in all parts of the countrv. 



We would strongly urge members of the B.O.U. and 

 others to assist the committee by purchasing the report. 

 The funds at their disposal are very scanty, and if more 

 ornithologists would help by buying a copy of the report, it 

 would assist the committee very considerably, 



The Auk. 



[The Auk : a Quarterly Journal of Oruitbology. Vol. xxx. for 1913. 

 Cambridg-e, Mass., U.S.A.] 



In noticingthe "Auk^ it is hardly possible to do more than 

 give an outline of the contents of the principal articles ; 

 they are here roughly classified accoiding to subject-matter. 



1. Faunal — United States. 



Messrs. A. H. Wright and F. Harper (pp. 477-505, pis. 

 14-20) have a long and interesting article on the birds met 

 with by them in the Okefinokec swamp. This is a large tract 

 of about 660 square miles in southern Georgia and extending 

 over the boundary into Florida. It has been very little 



