Abstract
THIS little volume is obviously intended for the field-observer, being bound with the corners rounded off and blank pages for notes opposite the pages of letter-press. The author has secured the co-operation of a number of fellow bird-lovers; and their joint labours have resulted in the production of a syllabic reproduction of the notes of every British bird, which it may be hoped will prove satisfactory not only to themselves but to ornithologists in general. Judging from his preface, the author himself appears to be confident that he has achieved complete success, but we fear that many persons would require a supplemental education before they are capable of appreciating the merits of his scheme. The correctness of many of the notes are self-apparent, but some are decidedly difficult of pronunciation by the uninitiated, and it is to be hoped that many of his readers are unfamiliar with the precise tone of “the snore of a drunken man,” which is given as one of the notes of the chaffinch.
A Dictionary of Bird Notes, &c.
By C. L. Hett. Pp. 138. (Brigg: Jackson, 1898.)
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L., R. A Dictionary of Bird Notes, &c. Nature 58, 366 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058366c0
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