516 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
its predecessors in style and in condensation of material. 
Mr. Harvie-Brown's remarks upon the main lines of migra¬ 
tion in Scotland are very interesting, and to those mentioned 
by him we may be permitted to add the valley of the Nith, 
upon the authority of an observant ornithologist, Mr. Robert 
Service, of Dumfries. As before, a map is prefixed with a 
numbered index to the stations; but we think that in the 
body of the Report it would be better if the names of the 
places were given, for practically readers will not refer to the 
map at every instant to see, for instance, where Stations 
“IV., X., XIV., and XXVII/'’ may be; they may do so at 
first, but they will not keep it up for long. The suggestion 
that a list should be formed of localities where foreign fowls 
like the various species of Porphyrio, Canada Geese, and 
other water-birds likely to stray, are kept, appears to meet a 
want, and we recommend it to our readers. Mr. Gatke's 
diary from Heligoland is of unusual interest this year ; but 
the days on which nothing whatever occurred might have 
been omitted, to the saving of many a line. We observe that 
the Recorders for Ireland trust that “ the Commissioners of 
Irish Lights will distribute six additional copies of Morris's 
f British Birds 9 in the present year 99 :—would not the 
coloured plates suffice without the letterpress ? 
82. A. W. Butler on the Birds of Indiana. 
[A List of the Birds observed in Franklin County, Indiana. By Amos 
W. Butler. Bull. Brookville Soc. Nat. Hist., No. 2, 1886.] 
The species mentioned as found in this south-eastern 
portion of Indiana are 235 in number; and those which 
breed there are distinguished by an asterisk. This List 
forms a useful supplement to the accounts already given of 
the avifauna of the district by Dr. Haymond, Mr. E. R. 
Quick, and the author. 
83. Giglioli on the Birds of Italy. 
[Avifauna Italica. Elenco delle specie di uccelli stazionarie o di pas~ 
saggio in Italia, colla loro sinonimia volgare, e con notizie piu specialmente 
