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with all the carefulness required. From a hasty glance it appears to 

 us well adapted to lead young persons to contemplate with suitable 

 feelings and reverence the stupendous works of nature. In fact, it ia 

 a really popular introduction to Natural History; and comprising the 

 essence of many elaborate works, it may be correctly defined a 

 "Bridgewater Treatise" for the young and thoughtful inquirer. 



A Selection of Britifh Birds, from Drawings by C. L. E. Perrott, 

 Honorary Corresponding Member of the Worcestershire Natural 

 History Society ; and dedicated, by permission, to Her Royal 

 Highness the Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg. Folio, No. I. 

 Robert Havell, Zoological Gallery, London. 



This selection comprises all the birds which are known in the county 

 of Worcester, either as perpetual or only transitory residents, and of 

 many others peculiar to neighbouring counties, faithfully copied from 

 nature by the talented author, Mrs. C. L. E. Perrott, of The Chantry, 

 Fladbury, W^orcestershire, so well known and appreciated for her 

 intellectual pursuits and her varied accomplishments. Many hundreds 

 of the feathered tribe, accurately copied from nature, the work of her 

 own experimental skill, will, we understand, ultimately appear in this 

 work, of which five are comprised in the number before us. 



The engraver, Robert Havell, duly and justly estimated as the 

 celebrated graver of the birds of America, is the artist by whom the 

 birds in this number have been engraved and coloured; and had he 

 not previously earned a well-merited fame in this beautiful branch of 

 the art, this publication would have stamped him as a leading member 

 of his difficult profession. 



Nor is the accompanying letter-press, so fall of information, practical 

 and lucid information, to be passed over with an ordinary comment. 

 The diligence and keen observation of an enthusiast devoted to the 

 soul-absorbing subject, is perceptible in every page, and Mudie him- 

 self might pick up scraps of accumulated knowledge by a diligent 

 perusal. 



The five birds comprised in this number, are — the common fowl, or 

 domestic cock ; the ring-dove, wood pigeon, quest, or cushat doo ; the 

 raven; the whin-chat; and the blue titmouse. Of these, if a preference 

 can be given, we think it leans a little in favour of the domestic cock 

 — but they are all executed with remarkable fidelity and skilfulness, 

 without the least stiffness of position or unnatural contortion. 



This publication was put into our hands a few hours only previously 

 to the present number of '' The Analyst" being completed. To this 

 cause must be attributed the concise form which this critical notice 

 assumes. As the numbers continue to be issued, however, we shall 

 again draw attention to their merits. The plan seems to be so well 

 arranged, that we have no doubt it will continue to display throughout 

 the same taste and research, and charm of execution, which distinguish 

 the first number ; in that case, no ornithologist ought to be without 

 a work so useful for study and reference. We now conclude our 

 brief observations, by again promising some further comments in a 

 succeeding publication. 



