Recently published Ornithological Works. 349 



Other articles deal with the moult of the Kestrel by W. 

 A. Hachlow, the biology of the Water-Ouzel by S. G. Stecher, 

 the distribution of Marsh-Tits in Russia and the Nutcrackers 

 of the Kief Government. 



Ornithologisches Jahrbuch. 



[Ornitbologisches Jahrbuch. Organ fiir das palaearktische Faunagebiet, 

 Plerausgegeben von Victor Ritter von Tschiisi zu Schmidhoffen. 

 xxiv. Jahrgang, 1913. 240 pp. Hallein.] 



The three parts of Ritter von Tschusi's organ are chiefly 

 taken iip with faunistic reviews and field-notes on the birds 

 of the European continent. A. Watzinger (pp. 1-27) writes 

 at some lengthy and as the result of many years^ observation, 

 on the birds of the country round Gmiinden and Larabach, 

 a mountainous region of Upper Austria, where he found 

 Acanthis linaria rubescens breeding among the larches and 

 pines at elevations of 4500 to 5500 ft. Rudolph J. From- 

 holz (pp. 27-45, 91-108) writes in diary form on his obser- 

 vations on the birds of the shores and islands of the delta of 

 the Oder in Pomerania, and Dr. J. Gengler (pp. 46-60) has 

 field-notes made on a short visit in summer to the neigh- 

 bourhood of Mt. Arber in the highlands of Bavaria on the 

 frontier between that kingdom and Bohemia. 



Another interesting locality was visited by Dr. E. Rossler 

 of Zagreb (pp. 173-189). This is the lower course of the 

 river Drave, the great tributary of the Danube, which joins 

 that river at Belgrade. Along its course are some large 

 swamps and marshes, especially the " Obedska bare/' where 

 thousands of marsh-loving birds were found breeding. 

 Among these the most numerous were the Glossy Ibis, the 

 Spoonbill, and several species of Herons and Egrets. 



P. E. Schmitz (pp. 85-91) continues his ornithological 

 diary for 1911 at Jerusalem, and Herr vou Thanner 

 (pp. 189-194) records his rather unhappy experiences in 

 the Canaries. He arranged to visit the eastern Canary 

 Islands, but was unfortunately, taken ill on Allegranza, and 

 was unable to carry out all his plans. He was not able, as 

 he had hoped, to secure examples of the Black Oyster-catcher 



