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Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, Vol. XX. : Report on the Immigra- 
tions yf Sttmmer Residents in the Spring of 8y inches x 5! inches. 
Pp. 190. Illustrated by 34 outline Maps. Witherby and Co. Price 6s. 
post free. 
We called attention last year to the very useful task which the British Orni- 
thologists’ Club are performing in accurately tabulating the routes taken by our 
migratory birds. All students of bird-life will find this Report of the second 
year’s work of the Committee an interesting supplement to that issued last year ; 
and, when we add that all the profits of the sale of this Report go to the further- 
ance of the work, it will be seen that it is the duty of, every ornithologist to 
support that work by purchasing a copy. 
Twenty Country Rambles round Leeds. By John Hornby. inches x 4J 
inches. Pp. 64. With 8 Illustrations. W. Brierley, 3, Bond Street, Leeds. 
Price fid. net. 
We are very glad to see this proof that the rambling spirit of those “ in 
populous city pent ” is not confined to the Metropolis, and that those disposed 
to ramble have a “ guide, philosopher and friend ” ready to their hand. All the 
walks described are within an afternoon’s walk ; and, though often relieved bj' . 
a little pleasant gossip, Mr. Hornby’s directions seem to have all the necessary j 
minuteness of “ Walker Miles.” , 
The City of St. Alban : Its Abbey and its Surroundings. By Charles H. Ash- 
down. With Ordnance Map and Plans. 7J inches x 5 inches. Pp. 152. 
Homeland Association. Price is. net. 
Originally issued five years ago, this guide book has now been carefully 
revised by the Author. As we have remarked on another occasion, the Home- i| 
land Association, by the general excellence of their publications, have created the 
criterion by which their work must be judged. They not only endeavour to I 
secure a resident as author, but the manufacture of the book is also gener.ally J 
local, and in this case we can confidently say that writing, illustrating and print- } 
ing have alike been in the best hands. Such is the ^wealth of St. Albans in ^ 
historical and archseological interest that we feel we cannot grumble if natural ^ 
history has been crowded out of a book planned on this modest scale. J 
Bury St. EdmumPs, with its Surroundings. By W. A. Dutt. With Ordnance 1 
Map. 7^ inches x 5 inches. Pp. 76. Homeland Association. Price fid. 
net. 
On the principle just enunciated we are bound to say that this Bury guide 
hardly comes up to the Association’s high standard. Mr. Dutt had an abundance 
of material, no doubt, from St. Edmund and Abbot Samson to Mr. Pickwick, but 
we did expect to learn more of the Gages and Cullums, and of the history of the 
Botanic Garden. Our more serious complaint, however, is of the printer, the , 
illustrations being uniformly too faint. There is, however, no one volume which 
contains so much information about the most interesting East Anglian monastery 
and its surroundinjis as does this. 
Birds and their Nests and Eggs found in and near Great Towns. By George ^ | 
H. Vos. Illustrated by reproductions of photographs of each bird, its nest ,lj 
and eggs, made by the author from Nature, and of incidental scenes. 7i 
inches x 5 inches. Pp. 148. Routledge. Price is. 
This is certainly an inexpensive book, strongly bound in cloth as it is. The • 
type and the illustrations from stuffed birds suggest that the volume is intended 1 
as a .school “reader”; but the author’s language, when, for instance, he writes | 
of the precaution of a duplicate exposure, and attributes “the combative manners 
of this little featherweight fighter to the instinct of self-preservation,” is hardly 
suitable for the very young. Nineteen species are described, found within 
sixteen miles north of the centre of London, and their eggs are figured natural 
size, whilst some of the landscape pictures also are very good. ! 
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