Birds of Herefordshire. By H. G. Bull, M.D. (Jakeman and
Carver, Hereford.)—Here we have a collection of notes by the members of a naturalists' club, edited and arranged by the late Dr. Bull. This is, in fact, a very complete history of Hereford- shire birds, with as much of their habits and haunts as could be gathered. Hereford is a favoured country for birds, con- taining all kinds of climate and soil ; one-fifteenth of its area is woodland, and there is plenty of water, running and standing. In spite of these advantages, many of the rarer birds are scarcer than they should be, owing to want of preserving and protection, and chiefly to the ignorance of gamekeepers. Though undeniably rich in varieties, many are too sparsely represented, and hardly deserve to be called Herefordshire birds. A great deal of bird- lore and much poetry have been put together in the work, and the whole forms a monument of much patient research, and will, no doubt, go a long way towards making people more tolerant of strange and interesting birds.
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