2i8 Reviezvs.


of Pallas's Sand Grouse appear to have visited the east coast in June,

eighteen years since the last great migration. A very exceptional number

of Red-crested Pochards arrived at the beginning of September, possibly

due to the great heat which obtained at that time. Several Ferruginous

Ducks made their appearance, a Crane, a Pelican, a Great Reed Warbler,

Red-breasted Flycatchers, and other rarieties visted the Norfolk coast

during the year.



REVIEWS.



BRITISH WARBLERS*


Books on British birds are common enough, but books

such as that of which Mr. Howard has just produced the first

part are rare and exceedingly valuable to those who would study

the life history of the birds of which it treats.


The Warblers are an insignificant group of birds of

skulking habits and very difficult to observe, but as a result of

years of patient and careful study and minute observation,

Mr. Howard has been able to tell us more of their habits and

economy than anyone else has ever attempted to do.


From the prospectus we learn that the work is to be

completed in eight parts, in which twenty-three species will be

dealt with. Some forty coloured plates, reproduced by Messrs.

Greve of Berlin who were responsible for the beautiful illustrations

in Lord Lilford's "Coloured Figures of Birds of the British

Islands," are promised, as well as about sixty photogravures,

maps, &c.


The price is 21/- per part, but it appears that subscribers

can have the complete work of eight parts for seven guineas if

paid in advance, and at this price " British Warblers " cannot be

called an expensive book considering its high quality.


Part I. is now published and deals in an exhaustive

maimer with the Sedge Warbler and Grasshopper Warbler.


As a frontispiece there is a beautifully executed coloured

plate of eggs illustrating those of the Aquatic, Sedge, Reed,

Marsh and Great Reed Warbler (34 figures in all) ; three


* The British Warblers, a history with problems of their lives. By H. Eliot Howard,

F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. Illustrated by Henrik Gronvold. Part i. Price 21/- net. London :

K. H. Porter, 7, Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.



