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" The * British Bird Book,' edited by Mr. Kirkman, has 

 been completed. 



'^The new 'B. O. U. List of British Birds' is about to 

 appear. 



" The marking and ringing of birds has been actively 

 carried on. 



" Mr. Witherby's magazine ' British Birds ' contains much 

 of interest. 



" Mr. Gurney's book on the Gannet is a most useful 

 monograph on this interesting species. 



" On the Continent a good deal of activity has been shown. 

 In France, 'La Revue Fran9aise d'Ornithologie ' contains 

 many articles of interest on the Ornis of the French Colonies 

 and of other parts of the world ; I trust I may be forgiven 

 if I say that occasionally some of the articles might be more 

 carefully censored. 



*' Professor Menegaux has earned our gratitude by his 

 reprints of Lesson^'s articles in the ' Echo du Monde Savant.' 



" In Germany much is being done in local ornithology and 

 several very useful lists have appeared, especially the one on 

 the * Birds of East Prussia.' Dr. Hellmayr's * Avifauna 

 of Timor" is a very important addition to our knowledge; 

 as is Herr A. Laubmann's article on Professor Merzbacher's 

 collection of Thian Shan birds. 



" Herr Laubmann's paper on Corsican birds is also a 

 useful contribution. 



" Professor Beichenow's handbook ' Die Vogel ' is a most 

 serviceable epitome and provides a handy book of reference. 



" Fraulein Snethlage's article on the distribution of birds 

 in the Lower Amazons is a most important work, which adds 

 considerably to our knowledge of this region. 



" Both at Rossitten and on Heligoland the observations on 

 migration, the marking and ringing of birds and other 

 general observations have been actively carried on. 



"In Holland, the Netherlands Ornithological Society 

 continues to publish much of interest iu its various issues. 



" jNIy collector, A. S. Meek, has been steadily at work, and 

 fine collections, containing a considerable number of novelties, 



