V6 THE zoologist; 



certainly be desirable to correct the typographical errors, of 

 which there is an unusually abundant crop. Here are a score of 

 the most noticeable : — 



Page 40, for Metzzer read Metzner 



44, 



,, Doucher ,, 



Doucker 



44, 



„ Podiceps ,, 



Podicipes 



46, 



,, Boschas ,, 



Boscas 



49, 



,, Tuberville ,, 



Turbervile 



59, 



„ Meyer „ 



Meves 



64, 



74, 75, for Willoughby, read Willughby 



76, 



for aviarian read 



avian 



76, 



,, rustica ,, 



urbica 



86, 



„ Yarrel ,, 



Yarrell 



88, 



,, Shude „ 



Lhude (i.e., loud) 



j» 



,, showeth ,, 



loweth 



>> 



,, butter ,, 



bullock 



>) 



,, Music ,, 



murie (i.e., merry), and supply 



two lines omitted from the old English ballad here quoted. 

 Page 90, line 9, for sacred, read second 

 119, for Estrenne, read Estienne 



125, „ Yaffel „ Yaffle 



126, ,, Nurdis „ Hurdis 



145, „ Stapelgrove ,, Staplegrove 



146, ,, sliding kite „ gliding kite. 



The author's observations on the systematic position of the 

 Swifts and Swallows (p. 70) show that he has not read the latest 

 and most important contribution to the subject, namely, Dr. 

 Shufeldt's paper published in the ' Journal of the Linnean 

 Society,' vol- xx. (1889), pp. 299 — 394, in which a different con- 

 clusion is arrived at to that which he himself has endorsed. 



The Birds of Norfolk, with remarks on their habits, migration, 

 and local distribution. By Henby Stevenson, F.L.S. 

 Continued by Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S. In three volumes. 

 Vol. III. 8vo, pp. i — xii, 1 — 432. London: Gurney & 

 Jackson, Paternoster Bow. 1890. 



The long-expected third volume of * The Birds of Norfolk ' 

 has at length appeared, and fittingly brings to a close the labours 

 of the deceased author's lifetime. At the time of his death, in 

 August, 188H, a certain amount of progress had been made with 

 the MS., and 100 pages were printed off* It devolved on his 



