358 Russell's History of the Barbary States. 



and highly interesting little volume on birds, the title of which 

 is given above. It contains upwards of 400 pages, replete 

 with interest and instruction, is beautifully got up, plentifully 

 besprinkled with spirited woodcuts, and is prefaced with a 

 specimen of " printing in oil colours." This is, we think, 

 the worst thing in the volume. It represents a golden eagle 

 (^4'quila aurea Willughlry) clutching her prey, and assuming 

 a threatening attitude towards a vulture ( Fultur) soaring above. 

 We far prefer the vignettes to The Feathered Tribes, repre- 

 senting a pair of dippers (Cinclus) and nest, and a pair of 

 river grebes (Podiceps fluviatilis) and nest, which, especially 

 the latter, give a very pleasing air to the beginning of the 

 work, and seem to welcome one, as it were, at the very thre- 

 shold. The preface to this little volume prepossesses one in 

 favour of whatever the author may have to say ; and the in- 

 troduction, which we earnestly recommend to the attentive 

 perusal of our readers, discusses points of great moment. 

 In the body of the work are detailed, in a fascinating manner, 

 the structure, classification, and external parts of birds, with 

 reference to their habits. As is the case with all the previous 

 works of Mr. Mudie, this volume is perfectly original, not 

 only in the manner of expressing the ideas, but also in the 

 ideas themselves : and, in fine, we feel disposed to agree with 

 the author, when he says, of the volume, that "it is the 

 cheapest work that ever issued from the press." — S. D. W. 

 Burton on Trent, April, 1835. 



{The Representation of the Nest and Eggs of the Water 

 Ouzel {Dipper) in Mudie's Feathered Tribes, referred to in 

 our VII. 543.] — I need only, perhaps, observe that the 

 nest is completely out of character, representing an open 

 structure with the eggs exposed to view, and placed upon the 

 ground ; all of which are at total variance with the description 

 given in the body of the work. — ,/. D. Salmon. Thetford, Nor- 

 folk, Dec. 8. 1834. It is also at variance with the description 

 given, from observation, by our correspondent, in VII. 542. 



Russell, Rev. Michael, LL.D. : History and Present Condi- 

 tion of the Barbary States : comprehending a View of their 

 Civil Institutions, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, 

 Commerce, Agriculture, and Natural Productions. With 

 a Map, and Eleven Engravings by Jackson. Vol. xvii. of 

 the Edinburgh Cabinet Library. Small 8vo, 453 pages. 

 1835. 5s. 



the one as containing a full account, delightfully narrated, of our feathered 

 guests ; the other for a masterly system of classification, and concise yet 

 clear notices of the habits, nidification, characteristics, &c, of the birds 

 treated of. — S. D. W. 



