. British birds. Birds. REVEX^. Transactions of the HertfordsMre Natural History Society, Vol. XIII. Part I. Dulau & Co. 4s. 6d. net. This part contains a valuable paper (pp. 49-64) entitled " Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1905," by W. Biekerton. Attention may be drawn to the following :—A si^ecimen of Leach's Forh-tailed Petrel, which is an addition to the county list, was found dead in December, 1905, near Watford : the record of the Bearded Titmouse is referred to elsewhere ; the Girl Bunting, not recorded for many years, was heard singing near Tring
. British birds. Birds. REVEX^. Transactions of the HertfordsMre Natural History Society, Vol. XIII. Part I. Dulau & Co. 4s. 6d. net. This part contains a valuable paper (pp. 49-64) entitled " Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1905," by W. Biekerton. Attention may be drawn to the following :—A si^ecimen of Leach's Forh-tailed Petrel, which is an addition to the county list, was found dead in December, 1905, near Watford : the record of the Bearded Titmouse is referred to elsewhere ; the Girl Bunting, not recorded for many years, was heard singing near Tring, in June, by Dr. Hartert; a pair of Ravens visited Elstree Reservoir on July 27th ; a Stone-Curlexv was shot near St. Albans in November; the Common Snipe and Bedshanlc were added to the list of birds breeding in the county ; the 7ree- Creejjer and the Corncrake are reported as decreasing, and the Yellow Wagtail and Goldfinch as increasing. The Report closes with son:e dates of the arrival and departure of migrants. In Part III., Vol. VIII., of the Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Mr. W. Gr. Clarke gives a summary of his notes on the Natural History of the Thetford district since his last communication, ten years ago. Ornithology, as one would expect, takes the foremost place in this communica- tion, and some most interesting facts will be found recorded. Miss E. L. Turner contributes a delightful paper on the nesting habits of the Coot and Great Crested-Grebe, and Mr. A. Patterson a number of " Natural History Notes from Yarmouth " during 1906. On July 21st he had the good fortune to Avatch a Pelican, which we suspect was an escape, on Breydon Water, while a little later (September 3rd) he saw four Glossy Ibises on this famous sheet of water. On September 4th a flock of thirteen Bed-Crested Pochards were seen there, nine of which were killed. Records of these have of course already appeared. His notes on migration, and on the movements
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