378 Literary Notices, 



ratory accumulation of material, in a series of coloured draw- 

 ings, to be published in monthly numbers, each containing 

 five quarto plates ; and the first number is to appear on the 

 1st of October, 1832. " These drawings will be published 

 in series, each of which may be considered as a distinct work, 

 although they will all bear the same title. For reasons not 

 necessary to explain, there will be no letterpress accompany- 

 ing the drawings ; but at the termination of each of the series, 

 except the first, they will be more especially illustrated in a 



printed volume The series wdll be geographic. The first 



will comprise the birds of British America, described, but not 

 figured, in the Fauna Boreali- Americana of Dr. Richardson 

 and Mr. Swainson. The second series will be a selection of 

 the birds ot Great Britain, many of which will, from neces- 

 sity, be comprised in the first series, but will not, of course, 

 be repeated in the second. The whole undertaking will be 

 completed in 1000 plates, which, if life and health are per- 

 mitted to the author, he feels confident in being able to exe- 

 cute (humanly speaking) in a few years.'* 



Selbys Illustr^ations of British Ornithology. — The second 

 and concluding volume of letterpress to this truly national 

 work is now in the press, and will very soon be issued to the 

 public. The descriptive portion of Selby's British Ornithology 

 forms a separate work, and can, therefore, be purchased with- 

 out the atlas plates. The first volume, in octavo, containing 

 a full and admirable account of all our native land birds, has 

 long been deservedly prized; and the second volume, which 

 contains the water birds, will, it is hoped, be equally valuable. 



The Lepidopterous Insects of Java, — Dr. Horsfield is busily 

 occupied in preparing the third part of his elaborate work on 

 this subject. 



The following works, by Mr. Rennie, are in the press, and 

 will shortly appear : — White's Selborne, with new notes ; 

 A Dictionary of Zoology; A Conspectus of Butterflies ; and a 

 work on the Habits of Birds : he has also a work in prepar- 

 ation, on the Facilities of Birds. 



In a few days will appear a work of popular zoology, in one 

 small volume, containing the Natural History of the Quadru- 

 peds and Birds in the Zoological Gardens, with numerous 

 authentic anecdotes ; intended as a manual for schools and 

 families, and a complete guide for visitors. The book will 

 contain upwards of 100 embellishments, including figures of 

 the principal animals, drawn from life. 



