Abstract
(1) CLOSE field observation and keen discrimination of racial differences have brought the number of British birds from 384 to 500 since the second edition of this famous “Manual” appeared twentyeight years ago. Fortunately, the bulk of the third edition has not kept pace with the increase, for although all the additions are described and many are illustrated, the editor has properly distinguished between rare visitors and regular British birds by allotting less space to each of the former. The essential plan is as in earlier editions: the occurrence in Britain, characteristic appearance, nesting habits, and migrations of each species are set out in a description which, with an illustration in woodcut or half-tone, occupies roughly two pages.
(1) Manual of British Birds.
By H. Saunders. Third edition, revised and enlarged by Dr. William Eagle Clarke. Pp. viii + 834. (London and Edinburgh: Gurney and Jackson, 1927.) 30s. net.
(2) The Birds of the Island of Bute.
By J. M. McWilliam. Pp. 128 + 8 plates. (London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1927.) 8s. 6d. net.
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(1) Manual of British Birds (2) The Birds of the Island of Bute. Nature 121, 613–614 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121613b0
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