691 Recently published Ornitholoyical Works. 
thereof on the Evolution of Birds’ Nests in General ”; 
“ On the Food of the Black-headed Gull”; “On the 
Position of the Ear in the Woodcock.” All these were 
prepared by Mr. W. P. Pycraft. 
We quite appreciate the value of this information, but 
venture to remark that this list would have been much more 
useful, “ for convenience of reference,” if the Journals in 
which these papers have been published had been exactly 
specified. 
XXXVII.— Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 
[Continued from p. 560.] 
81. ‘ Annals of Scottish Natural History.’ 
[The Annals of Scottish Natural History, a Quarterly Magazine with 
which is incorporated ‘ The Scottish Naturalist,’ April and July, 1909.] 
So long as Mr. Eagle Clarke continues his investigations 
on the migration of birds at Fair Isle, his papers will alwaj^s 
be likely to form the main point of interest in our con¬ 
temporary. His fourth report, in the April number, consists 
of observations during the year 1908, while he tells us that he 
has now succeeded in arranging for a permanent observer and 
a day to day record. George Stout, who has aided him so 
efficiently in the past, will be the first occupant of the post. 
The latest results are sufficiently remarkable, no less than 
106 species having been noticed on the northward passage in 
spring, and 122 on the southward passage in autumn, but of 
these 89 were met with at both seasons. The greatest prize 
was an example of Savi’s Warbler ( Locustella Inscinioides ), 
the first recorded in Britain for over 50 years ; next we 
have the second British (= Scottish) specimen of the Sub- 
alpine Warbler. Species new to Scotland are Anthus 
cervinus , Hypolais icterina , and Accentor collaris; those 
occurring for the second time are Loxia bifasciata , Emberiza 
rustica , and Tringa temmincki. Several specimens of Sylvia 
nisoria were identified, besides other uncommon species not 
