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Revieivs.



Ornithological troubles are much the same all the world

over, and at their meeting such questions as the destruction of

birds for the purpose of adorning (?) ladies hats and the vexed

questions of nomenclature were well to the fore. Among the

articles we may notice an extremely interesting one on the

‘Bush Birds of New Zealand,’ from the pen of Mr. McLean,

and that by Messrs. Cleland and Johnston on the Relative dimen¬

sions of the Red Blood Cells in different species of birds deals

with a hitherto neglected subject.


BRITISH BIRDS. *


In the three months under review this periodical records a

mass of short notes, which deal to a very large extent with the

occurrence of the rarer species in different counties. Apart from

these there are some notes on the Immigration of Nutcrackers

into England last autumn, the nesting habits of the House

Martin and the recovery of marked birds.


The December number contains an article on the Black-

throated Diver and Grey Lay Goose, illustrated with some beau¬

tiful photographs by Mr. O. G. Pike.


A NEW ITALIAN JOURNAL- f


We have received the first numbers of the Rivista Italiana

di Ornitologia, a bi-monthly periodical devoted to ornithology

and edited by our member Professor Ghigi, assisted by Count

Arrigoni degli Oddi, P'rancesco Cliizi, Prof. G. Martorelli and

Prof. Salvadori. These numbers contain some excellent articles

including a long and comprehensive one on the birds of the

Tuscan Archipelago, as well as some shorter ones on Saxicola

aurita , Falco vesper Units, Pelec anus ctispus, and the migration of

Black-headed Gulls from the Baltic to the Adriatic as shown by

the recapture of ringed birds. Short notes, reviews of current

literature, etc. aie also included. We must congratulate the

editor and all concerned in having brought out such an interest¬

ing magazine and give it our best wishes for success which it

undoubtedly deserves.



* British Birds. Dec., 1911, Jan. and Feb., 1912. Witherby & Co., High Holboni.


1/- monthly.


+ Rivista italiana di Ornitologia. Anno I. Num. 1-2. 120pp. and coloured plate.


Stabihments Bolografico Eniiliano. Bologna. 10 I.ira per annum.



