Northern Nei^s, 



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Part 8 of Stonham's 'Birds of the British Isles' (Grant Richards, 

 7/6 net) deals with the Kingfisher, Roller, Bee-Eater, Hoopoe, Cuckoo, 

 the Owls, etc. The drawings of the nestling owls (Plate 122) are par- 

 ticularly fine. 



Index of Arch^ological Papers, 1665=1890, edited by George 

 Lawrence Gomme. A. Constable & Co., 1907. 910 pp., price 25s. net. 



In this excellent volume Mr. L. Gomme has once more placed the student 

 of antiquities under a deep debt of gratitude. It is always a pleasure to 

 find research of the character undertaken by Mr. Gomme, placed in an 

 easily accessible form, and Messrs. Constable are to be thanked for publish- 

 ing so exhaustive a record. To serious workers these bibliographies are 

 invaluable, and save much time in search. In the present volume the 

 author gives a list of the w^orks he has consulted, and this at once enables 

 anyone to see what has been omitted. It seems a pity that whole sets of 

 the various publications w^ere not available. For instance, of the East 

 Riding Archaeological [Antiquarian] Society, Vols. XI and XII.. only have 

 been indexed. Surely there is a complete set of these volumes at Bur- 

 lington House ? If not, there ought to be. In the list of authors also, it 

 is somewhat surprising to find that many names do not appear at all. The 

 name of the late J. W. Davis only appears once in the list, and Mr. J. R. 

 Mortimer is responsible for three entries only, whereas he should have 

 been there as the author of some dozens. (See ' Guide to the Driffield 

 Museum,' 1890, for list). Of south country authors, however, a much more 

 accurate bibliography is given. But the great drawback to the book is the 

 lack of topographical and subject indexes. This the author recognises, and 

 we share his hope that some student with more time on his hands may under- 

 take this. To get particulars, for example, of all the papers dealing with 

 Roman remains in Yorkshire, would mean that each entry on the 910 

 pages would have to be perused. The more advanced student, on the 

 other hand, who is familiar with the names of the authors, would find the 

 volume much more useful. But for what has been done we are very 

 grateful. There are somewiiere about 16,000 titles of papers in the volume, 

 arranged alphabetically according to the author's name, and we can safely 

 say that ' The Index of Archaeological papers ' will be a valuable addition 

 to any public or private library. 



NORTHERN NEWS. 



The Wilde Medal for 1908 of the Manchester Literary and Philoso- 

 phical Society has been awarded to Prof. J. Larmor, F.R.S. 



The January ' Animal World ' is a particularly well-illustrated number. 

 It contains an interesting paper on ' Animals in Art, — I. Primitive and 

 Antique Art,' by Charles Aitken. 



Mr. S. Hole writes : — ' In the December " Naturalist " in my account 

 of the migration of the Swift, etc., the direction of the flight of the swallow 

 on the 2oth of August is given as West. This should have been East' 



A thorough investigation of the Pre-historic and Roman remains of 

 Wales is to be undertaken under the direction of the School of Archaeology 

 of the University of Liverpool. The work will be carried out under the 

 direction of Professors Bosanquet, Garstang, Myres, Newberry, and Haver- 

 field. 



Amongst many valuable papers in the Proceedings of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Vol. 59 pt. 2) recently received, are, ' New 

 and little known Whelks from Northern Japan and the Kuril Islands,' 

 by Dr. A. H. Pilsbry ; ' The Embryology of Fulgur, a story of the influence 

 of Yolk on Development ' by Dr. E. G. Conklin, and ' Notes on the Leaf 

 hairs of Lesquerella,' by E. G. Vanatta. There are several plates. 



1908 February i. 



