(1) XI Jahresbericht (1911) der Vogelwarte Rossitten der Deutschen Ornithologischen Gesellschaft (2) The Food of some British Wild Birds: a Study in Economic Ornithology (3) The Bodley Head Natural History

Abstract

(1) IN the second part of the eleventh annual report of the “Vogelwarte,” or bird-watching station, at Rossitten in East Prussia, Dr. Thienemann sets forth the 1911 results of the migration inquiry. The method, pursued is marking the birds with numbered and addressed rings, and it continues to yield very interesting results. We notice that more than one black-headed gull born near Rossitten has been recovered in England, and a starling marked in the nest in Livonia on June 10, 1911, was shot on December 26, 1911, near Buckfast Abbey, South Devon. Other black-headed gulls from Rossitten were reported from Hungary, Croatia, Switzerland, and Piedmont; and one marked at Munich was found again at Tunis. Best of all is the case of a Rossitten gull marked in the nest July 18, 1911, and shot in November in Barbadoes. We may recall the fact that a British marked gull has been reported from the Azores.

(1) XI. Jahresbericht (1911) der Vogelwarte Rossitten der Deutschen Ornithologischen Gesellschaft.

Teil II. By Prof. J. Thienemann. Pp. 175.

(2) The Food of some British Wild Birds: a Study in Economic Ornithology.

By W. E. Collinge. Pp. vi + 109. (London: Dulau and Co., Ltd., 1913.) Price 4s. net.

(3) The Bodley Head Natural History.

By E. D. Cuming. With Illustrations by J. A. Shepherd. Vol. i., British Birds. Passeres. Pp. 120. (London: John Lane, 1913.) Price 2s. net.