Catalogue of Works on Natural History, 453 



respecting the Nidification, Eggs, and Incubation of the numerous Spe- 

 cies of the Feathered Tribes that inhabit the British Isles ; and are*, 

 throughout, accompanied by a Series of elegantly coloured Plates, com- 

 prehending Figures of the Eggs of every Species, with their most singular 

 Varieties, so far as they can be correctly ascertained. The whole exclu- 

 sively executed from Nature, and disposed according to their respective 

 Genera. London. In oblong 4to Nos. 5s. Qd. Nos. I. to V. have ap- 

 peared. 



An attentive perusal of the above titlepage will enable every one, connected 

 in any way with country life, to form an idea of the utility of the work to all 

 " whose minds delight to participate in the most rational of its amusements, 

 the study of creation." Such a work has long been much wanted, and we 

 hope this veteran author and most worthy and ingenious man will receive 

 such encouragement as may enable him to proceed with it at a more rapid 

 rate than he has hitherto done. In the prospectus it is stated that the work 

 may be completed in 24 numbers, but that it certainly shall not exceed 36. 

 We recommend expedition both to the author and to intended purchasers, 

 and we hope the latter will be numerous. 



Bennett^ s Fishes of Cei/lon. In 4to Nos., monthly (Vol.1, p. 162. and 

 273.) — No. III. of this splendid work has just appeared, containing five 

 coloured engravings of the natural size of the specimens. The number of 

 colours, the variety of their shades, and the singularity of the forms in which 

 these colours are laid on by nature, are altogether extraordinary, and 

 far exceed in singularity and beauty any thing to be met with in the Eu- 

 ropean seas. The plates are admirably coloured. No book can be better 

 adapted for the drawing-room of a wealthy amateur. 



CiirtiSy Johiy F.L.S., Author of British Entomology: A Guide to an Arrange- 

 ment of British Insects ; being a Catalogue of all the named Species 

 hitherto discovered in Great Britain and Ireland. London. Pamph. 

 8vo. Is. 



The objects of this useful little work are thus enumerated in the pre- 

 face ; — " First, It will enable entomologists to arrange their cabinets sys- 

 tematically. Secondly, They may mark off their own insects so as to know 

 instantly whether they have a species or not, by which means their deside- 

 rata will be shown. Thirdly, It will form labels for cabinets. Fourthly, It 

 will be a systematic index to The British Entomology. Fifthly, It will be a 

 catalogue of the author's cabinet, those without a * being desiderata. The 

 catalogue when completed, it is expected, will not contain more than 

 seven or eight sheets ; and, toTacilitate their appearance, every sheet will 

 be published as soon as it is printed." 



Stephens, James Francis, F.L.S., Author o^ Illustrations of British Entomo- 

 logy, A Systematic Catalogue of British Insects, &c. : Nomenclature of 

 British Insects ; being a compendious List of such Insects as are con- 

 tained in the Systematic Catalogue. 45. 6d. boards ; or printed on one 

 side, for the purpose of labelling cabinets, 5s. 



Hooker, Professor, and Dr. Greville : Fcones i^'ilicum, &c. — The seventh 

 fasciculus of this work is just published. In these seven fasciculi are figured 

 and described 141 species, of which 52 are new species. The following are 

 the genera already illustrated, with the number of species : — 



Acrostichum, 14 species; ^diantum, 5 sp. ; Aneimia, 1 sp.j Angiopteris, 

 1 sp. ; Antrophyum, 2 sp. ; Aspldium, 6 sp. ; Jsplenium, 10 sp. ; Botrjchium, 

 2sp.; Ceterach, 1 sp.; Cheilanthes, 10 sp.; Cryptogramma, 1 sp.; Cyathea, 



