346 Recently published Ornithological Worhs> 



to deal with the more scientific aspects of ornithology^ but 

 all are interested in birds and bird-life. 



In the number now before us, which consists of about 

 15 pages of text^ tbere is an interesting article containing 

 field-notes and other observations on the Grasshopper 

 Warbler^ which, though not generally considered more than 

 an accidental visitor to Belgium, is, according to M. Alfred 

 Sacre, far from uncommon in the Belgian uplands in the 

 neighbourhood of Spa on the Luxemburg borders, where it 

 is known to the nativesunder the Wallon name of ^^Cretion" 

 (cricket) or " Mousse-es-brouire " (hider in the heath). In 

 these regions this bird is a regular summer visitor. 



In another interesting contribution M. Auguste Tant 

 completes a series of articles on the food of the Belgian 

 birds of prey, as deduced from an examination of their 

 stomach-contents. 



Irish Naturalist. 



[The Irisli Naturalist. A Monthly Journal. Vol. xxii. 1913, 

 DOS. 1-12.] 



The articles of ornithological subjects in last year's volume 

 are not numerous or of great importance. Mr. R. Warren 

 (p. 174) communicates some observations on the northward 

 migration of the White Wagtail (Motacilla alhd) across 

 Bartragh Island in Killala Bay. Mr. Warren first met with 

 this bird so long ago as 1851, after which he lost sight of it 

 till 1893, while since 1897 it seems to have been noticed 

 every year in April or May, passing northwards across this 

 little island to breed in northern Scandinavia or Iceland. 



In another article (p. 152) Mr. Warren relates his obser- 

 vations on the southward migration of Richardson's and the 

 Pomatorhine Skuas at the end of September or beginning 

 of October up the Moy estuary at the head of Killala Bay. 

 He believes that they pass on along the line of lakes Cullen, 

 Mask, and Corrib to Galway Bay, and thence to Tralee 

 harbour, where they have been noticed a few days later than 

 at Killala. 



Mr. P. D. Percival (p. 208) has ringed a number of young 



