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breeding in Worcestershire. Of these 62 are Passerine, and 8 

 Picarian birds, leaving only 20 species to be divided amongst 

 eight other Orders. 



A Briefly Annotated List of the Birds of Hampshire and the Isle 

 of Wight. By Kev. J. E. Kelsall, M.A. 8vo, pp. 32. 

 Southampton : "Hampshire Independent " Office. 



A still shorter List than the last-named is that of Mr. Kelsall 

 with the above title. It has been reprinted from the ' Proceedings 

 of the Hampshire Field Club,' but its brevity does not depreciate 

 its value, since that is due to the very proper exclusion of all 

 records which do not relate to the faunal area above indicated. 

 We should like to know a little more about some of the rarer 

 species which are included ; for example, the Spotted Eagle, said 

 to have been shot at Somerley, near Eingwood, in Dec, 1861, 

 and yet unnoticed either in the 4th edition of Yarrell, or in Mr. 

 Saunders' ' Manual ' ; also the Honey Buzzard, said to have 

 nested at Selbourne in 1869, but of which no particulars are 

 given. Again, the reported breeding of the Night Heron, in 

 Hants, is a matter of interest of which particulars should be 

 forthcoming. 



Fremde Eier im Nest : ein Beitrag zur Biologie der Vogel. Von 

 Paul Leverkuhn. 8vo, pp. 212. Berlin (Friedlander), 

 and London (Gurney & Jackson). 1891. 



In this contribution to the biology of birds, Dr. Paul Lever- 

 kuhn has brought together a great number of facts illustrating the 

 behaviour of certain species when the eggs of others are deposited 

 in their nests, giving the results of his own experiments as well as 

 the recorded observations of other naturalists. The cases cited by 

 him he considers may be grouped under four headings ; (1), the 

 case of birds having eggs of their own species, but laid by other 

 birds in their nests ; (2), the case of a bird having eggs of its own 

 species laid by another bird and introduced into its nest by man ; 

 (3), the eggs of one species deposited by the owner in the nest of 

 another, as in the well-known case of the Cuckoo ; (4), the eggs 

 of one species introduced into the nest of another by man. On 

 all these points Dr. Leverkuhn has a good deal to say, and has 

 evidently been at considerable pains to collect the facts which he 

 has tabulated. 



