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were derived. In all branches of knowledge authority for 

 statements is indispensable ; we want to discriminate between 

 the accepted observer and the accomplished purveyor. 



A Glossary of Popular, Local, and Old-fashioned Names of 

 British Birds. By Chas. Louis Hett. Henry Sotheran 

 & Co. 

 In our volume for 1899 (p. 190) we drew attention to a 

 small volume written by Mr. Hett, entitled " A Dictionary of 

 Bird Notes, to which is appended a Glossary of Popular, Local, 

 and Old-fashioned Synonyms of British Birds." So useful was 

 this glossary found by all alike that Mr. Hett has now re- 

 published the same, very much enlarged, and nearly including 

 3000 names ; " or on an average of between seven and eight for 

 each species." This is a most welcome publication, but we wish 

 that it had been issued in a more durable form, as a paper cover 

 will certainly not survive the constant use to which it will 

 be put. 



The Early Life of the young Cuckoo. By W. Perctval Westell. 

 Thomas Burleigh. 

 This small brochure principally recounts the original observa- 

 tions made by Mr. John Craig, of Ayrshire, and contains repro- 

 ductions of " four remarkable photographs taken direct from 

 nature by J. Peat Millar." 



