544 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
The Hon. G. Lascelles gave an interesting account of 
the efforts made by the Crown for the preservation of the 
birds in the New Forest. He lamented that, in spite of 
the strenuous efforts made, the keepers were only partially 
successful, although men were specially told off to guard 
the nesting-place of some rare species. He was pleased to 
say, however, that on some occasions their efforts had been 
rewarded with success. 
Mr. Fitzherbert-Brockholes exhibited a remarkable 
nest, jointly constructed and inhabited by a Blackbird 
(Turdus merula ) and a Hedge-Accentor ( Accentor mo¬ 
dular is) . 
XXXIV.— Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 
[Continued from p. 397.] 
69. ( Annals of Scottish Natural History.’ 
[The Annals of Scottish Natural History. No. 33, January 1900, and 
No. 34, April 1900.] 
Mr. W. Berry opens the year with some remarks on the 
operation of the Wild Birds' Protection Act of 1894 in 
Fifeshire, especially in the “ Tentsmuir" district. This was 
formerly stripped of the eggs of Plovers, Curlews, Terns, and 
Ducks (including the Eider), not only for eating, but largely 
to supply collectors and dealers, to whom large numbers 
used to be regularly despatched by rail. Since 1897, how¬ 
ever, the law seems to have exercised a perceptible influence, 
and all these birds have increased in numbers, while the 
Shoveler Duck has been added to the list of breeders, and 
the Pintail requires to be included among the species 
requiring protection in that area. In the April number, 
rather earlier than usual, Mr. Laidlaw brings out his valuable 
report for 1899 on the movements and occurrences of birds 
in Scotland, in which among the rarest visitants may be 
noticed the Bee-eater in Shetland and the Pratincole near 
