52.2 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Bunting ; (5) CJiougli ; (6) Raven ; (7) Wood-Lark ; (8) 

 Short-eared Owl; (9) Hen- Harrier; (30) Common 

 Buzzard; (11) Golden Eagles in Scotland ; (12) Golden 

 Eagles in Ireland ; (13) Red Kite ; (14) Peregrine ; (15) 

 Hobby ; (16) Merlin ; (17) Gadwall ; (18) Black Guillemot. 

 Each bird is dealt with in a separate chapter, from the 

 author's personal observations. The nesting habits of each 

 species are described in great detail and the local distribution 

 carefully noted. Mr. VValpole-Bond considers many of our 

 " rarer birds/' amongst which may be specially mentioned 

 the Dartford-Warbler, Buzzard and Peregrine, to be much 

 less rare than is generally supposed. The reverse, however, 

 must be regretfully said of the Hen-Harrier, Kite and the 

 Irish Golden Eagle. Chapter xiv., which deals with 

 Peregrine Falcons, is perhaps the most pleasing account 

 which Mr. Walpole-Bond has written. Having stated that 

 he visited 70 eyries between 1904 and 1912^ the author 

 continues : — " . . . . there is hardly a headland or cliff range 



of any altitude round our entire coast-line where a 



pair of these noble birds does not at least attempt to breed 

 annually : while with some few modifications the same may 

 be said for certain inland mountain-ranges in Ireland, 

 Cambria, the Lakes, Yorkshire and Scotland. . . . ." 



It must be remarked that the style in which the essays 

 are written is not on a par with the matter which they 

 contain. The use which the author makes of brackets 

 seriously detracts from the pleasure which might otherwise 

 be gained from a perusal of his work. Mr. Walpole-Bond 

 shows himself to be an enthusiastic and careful observer, and 

 his book may be confidently recommended to every student 

 of British bird-life. 



Aquila. 



[Aquila. Zeitsclirift fiir Ornithologie. Redact. Otto Herman. 

 XX. pp. 1-585, Budapest, 1913.] 



The greater part of the stout volume of ^Aquila/ which 

 is the organ of the Central Bureau for Ornithology of 

 Hungary, is taken up with reports on the spring migration 



