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case of a drake Pintail which paired with a Mallard Duck, 
and brought off a brood at Toft, near Knutsford. 
On the whole, Cheshire has a poor avifauna, owing to its 
want of a rooky coast-line and its position, which places 
it apart from the best-known lines of migration ; but the 
county is especially interesting as being one in which the 
breeding-ranges of several northern and southern species 
meet. 
Additional value is given to the work by a sketch of the 
Acts for the Protection of Birds and Eggs, and of the specially 
protected areas, by a section on Migration, and by a very 
full Bibliography referring to the whole subject. A good 
map of Cheshire is added. 
The Classification and Nomenclature used are mainly those 
of Howard Saunders, though Hartert is followed where he 
has distinguished British races from those of the Continent; 
we fail, however, to see why 44 Linne ” is used, instead of 
44 Linnaeus 33 or one of the usual abbreviations, in cases where 
his specitic names are adopted. 
The portions of the book on Mammals and Birds are the 
work of Messrs. T. A. Coward and C. Oldham, as are those 
on the Ileptiles, Amphibians, &c., while that on the Fishes 
is by Mr, J. Johnstone, and Mr. J. A. Dockray contributes 
the article on the Dee as a resort of Wild-fowl. The plates 
are excellent and are chiefly from photographs by Mr. T. 
Baddeley. 
83. Dresser on Palcearctic Birds 3 Eggs . 
[Eggs of the Birds of Europe, including all the Species inhabiting the 
Western Palaearctic Area. By H. E. Dresser. Parts XXI., XXII. 
February 1910.] 
Mr. Dresser's great work on Oology is now nearing com¬ 
pletion, one more part only remaining to be issued. In the 
present part we have the continuation of the Scolopacidse, 
the Terns, the Gulls (including the Skuas), and some of the 
Petrels; and we wish once more to draw particular attention 
to the great mass of new information on the range of many 
species derived from Mr. Buturlin, and on his experiences 
