278 Analytical Notices of Books, 



by whom the collection was chiefly formed^ and also from Mr^ 

 Brown, and has been blended by the authours with their more 

 scientific labours. 



The " Description of two new Birds from Nepaul : by Major- 

 General Hardwicke," is of the Lophophorus Wallichii^ and Pha- 

 sianus Gardneri. The latter deviates from the characters of the 

 typical Phasianiy by the bill being short, greatly rounded, and 

 blunt at the apex ; by the tail being shorter and rounded ; and 

 by the scales of the tarsi being more numerous and closer to each 

 other. In these respects it agrees with P. cruentus. 



An addition to our native Fauna is made by P. J. Selby, Esq., 

 in his " Description of Flectrophanes Lapponica ; a species lately 

 discovered in the British Islands." It is the Fringilla Lapponica^ 

 Linn., and, together with the F, nivalis^ deviates from the true 

 Buntings. The natural station of the little group formed by these 

 two birds, and distinguished as the genus Plectrophanes by Meyer, 

 (^Passerina^ Vieill.), is shown to be intermediate between Alauda 

 and Emberiza. It is connected with the former by means of the 

 Al. Calandra and other species, in which the bill is increased in 

 thickness ; and resembles the latter in the form of the bill, which 

 with the exception of being shorter and more rounded on the 

 back, possesses the characteristic distinctions of that genus. In 

 their modes of life these birds approach more nearly to the habits 

 of the Larks. The description of the Pled, Lapponica is accom- 

 panied by a plate. 



The " Catalogue of the Norfolk and Suffolk Birds ; with 

 Remarks : by the Rev. R. Sheppard, and the Rev. W. Whitear," 

 is the only other paper connected with Ornithology. The 

 list itself exhibits no peculiar novelty ; but the remarks which 

 accompany it are interesting, as they frequently refer to the habits 

 of the birds, the seasons of their appearance and migration, their 

 nests and eggs, and the modes adopted for their capture. The 

 information on some of these points will doubtless appear valuable 

 to the sportsman and the collector. The claim of several species 

 to a place in our British catalogues is also authenticated by par- 

 ticular notices of the occasions on which they were obtained. 



Of the Entomological articles, the first is of the very highest 



