(1) British Birds (2) The Birds of Tropical West Africa: with Special Reference to those of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Nigeria

Abstract

(1) THE shelf of works of reference on British birds is now so crowded that a new book must have special merit to be welcome as an addition. This requirement is well fulfilled by the volume which comes from two well-known authorities, Mr. Kirkman and Mr. Jourdain, with two hundred coloured plates by a group of artists—Winifred Austen, G. E. Collins, H. Goodchild, H. Gronvold, G. E. Lodge, and A. W. Seaby. The plates, among the best of their kind both for utility and for pictorial merit, were published nearly twenty years ago in the monumental “British Bird Book” edited by Mr. Kirkman. Their reappearance here, excellently reproduced, in a single volume of moderate size, will be convenient even to possessors of the larger work, and will also bring them within the reach of a wider public.

(1) British Birds.

F. B. Kirkman F. C. R. Jourdain. Pp. xvi + 184 + 202 plates. (London: T. C. and E. C. Jack, Ltd., 1930.) 21s. net.

(2) The Birds of Tropical West Africa: with Special Reference to those of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Nigeria.

D. A. Bannerman. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Vol. I. Pp. lxxv + 376 + 10 plates. (London: The Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1930.) 22s. 6d. net.