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anterior part of their length, and have very diminutive heads. 

 Something also might have been said about the Sea-Serpent, so 

 often reported by sailors, and within the last few years actually 

 seen by two such well-known naturalists as Messrs. Meade- 

 Waldo and Nicoll, during the cruise of the ' Valhalla.' 



Even with more familiar reptiles there are some errors which 

 will need correction in a subsequent edition, in the event of this 

 being called for ; it is most incorrect to say that in the Marsh 

 Tortoises (Emydidce) only the two or three middle toes have 

 claws, the normal number of claws being five on the fore-foot 

 and four on the hind ; while the Box-Tortoise is not, as stated, 

 strictly vegetarian, but largely an animal-feeder. Moreover, the 

 "Flying Dragons" incidentally mentioned are not Ceylonese, 

 as stated, but have a wide range over other parts of the Oriental 

 region, from Malabar to the Moluccas. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, vol. xxxiv. Edited 

 by W. K. Ogilvie-Grant. London : Witherby & Co. 

 December, 1914. 



This volume is entirely devoted to the report of the 

 immigrations of summer residents in the spring of 1913, and 

 notes on the migratory movements and records received from 

 lighthouses and vessels during the autumn of 1912. It forms 

 the ninth of the series issued by the British Ornithologists' 

 Union Migration Committee ; and after the appearance of a 

 tenth report to be issued during the present year, the results of 

 the enquiry will, we are told, be summarized in a final volume, 

 which will, of course, be looked forward to with eager interest by 

 numerous observers. It is noted that increase in the number 

 of records supplied by observers continues, and the Migration 

 Committee particularly congratulate themselves on being able 

 to get returns from the Caskets Lighthouse, which had proved 

 impossible until the appointment of Mr. B. E. Wilson to that 

 station, a very important one for migration movements. 



Comment is also made on the numerous instances of summer 

 visitors which had apparently not migrated at all from the south 

 and west, and on the unusually early arrival of others, for 

 which the mild weather is considered — no doubt rightly — to be 

 responsible. 



