were derived. In all branches of knowledge authority for statements is indispensable; we want to discriminate between the accepted observer and the accomplished purveyor.
In our volume for 1899 (p. 190) we drew attention to a small volume written by Mr. Hett, entitled "A Dictionary of Bird Notes, to which is appended a Glossary of Popular, Local, and Old-fashioned Synonyms of British Birds." So useful was this glossary found by all alike that Mr. Hett has now republished the same, very much enlarged, and nearly including 3000 names; "or on an average of between seven and eight for each species." This is a most welcome publication, but we wish that it had been issued in a more durable form, as a paper cover will certainly not survive the constant use to which it will be put.
This small brochure principally recounts the original observations made by Mr. John Craig, of Ayrshire, and contains reproductions of "four remarkable photographs taken direct from nature by J. Peat Millar."
