Bibliographical Notices. 127 



Notwithstanding the rainy season has set in, I have collected upwards 

 of 100 skins, besides specimens in spirits. Amongst my mammalia 

 I may mention a specimen of Mr. Waterhouse's Colobus satanus, 

 which I intend sending entire for Mr. Owen's examination ; a speci- 

 men of Antilope Ogilbyi, Waterh. ; six species of Sciurus, and a Fly- 

 ing Squirrel, which I trust will prove a new form : also an animal 

 called by the colonists the " Ground Pig," which appears nearly al- 

 lied to Mr. Waterhouse's Cricetomys, which I think will also prove 

 new ; a species of Sorex and a Manis, the latter of which I had alive 

 for some days. I wish to stay here for at least twelve months should 

 my health permit. I have requested Mr. Ogilby to describe some of 

 my specimens which I have enumerated. 



Louis Fraser. 



P.S. — Here lie the remains of that most enthusiastic traveller 

 Lander, without a mark or memorandum to distinguish his grave from 

 those of his coloured neighbours. Upon this I will make no remark ; 

 having stated the fact, I shall leave it to your own reflections. 



Fernando Po, Clarence, June 19, 1842. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Iconografia della Fauna Italica. By C. L. Bonaparte, Prince of 

 Canino. Rome, 1832-1842. London, Gould. 



It is satisfactory to find that Italy, so long pre-eminent in litera- 

 ture and art, is at the present time displaying considerable energy 

 in the cultivation of natural history. The museums of Turin and 

 Florence have attained a very high degree of excellence, and respect- 

 able public collections also exist in Rome, Padua, Parma, Bologna, 

 and other large towns. Nor do the naturalists of that country con- 

 fine themselves to the formation of museums alone. Much has been 

 done of late in Italy for the advancement of zoological and botanical 

 science by the publication of original memoirs in the Transactions of 

 the Academies of Turin, Florence and Bologna, as well as by the 

 production of independent works. Unfortunately these publications 

 are but toolittle known in this country, from the present very imper- 

 fect system of communication between the English and Italian book- 

 sellers. 



Among the zoological works which have recently issued from the 

 presses of Italy, there is none which has a higher claim on our atten- 

 tion than the * Fauna Italica' of the Prince of Canino. For the last 

 ten years this work has absorbed a large portion of the time and 

 energies of its indefatigable and truly philosophic author, and as the 

 publication is now complete, it is deserving of some notice in this 

 journal. 



The object of the present work is to illustrate the Vertebrate Ani- 

 mals of Ital^lky giving accurate coloured plates and descriptions of 

 all the new or imperfectly known species. Of the Reptiles of Italy 

 it contains an entire monograph, but of the other classes of Verte- 



