124 Recent Oniithulogical Publicatiuns. 



ledge of the Accipitres. The Vienna collection seems to be 

 particularly rich in this order of birds. The former Gustos, 

 Johann Natterer, was not only a most diligent collector personally 

 during his long travels in the different parts of the Brazilian 

 empire (where he is stated to have obtained examples of 1000 

 species of birds), but also purchased largely in London and other 

 places. There have been also many valuable specimens recently 

 obtained from Heuglin, Kotschy, Ida Pfeiffer, and others. 



4. Dutch Publications. 



Professor Schlegel has commenced the publication of a new 

 illustrated work* on the birds of the Dutch possessions in the 

 East Indies, of which we have seen one part. This embraces 

 the genus Pitta, — the plan being to issue monographs of the dif- 

 ferent genera that have been worked out in the National Museum 

 at Leyden, and so render the work an illustrated companion to 

 the catalogue of the birds of that establishment given in the 

 * Revue Methodique des Collections du Musee des Pays-Bas.' 

 The work is intended to extend to about 100 plates, containing 

 more than 800 figures, and to be completed in about five years. 

 The principal portion of the text is in Dutch ; but a revue si/nop- 

 tique of the species, in French, is appended. The figures are 

 on a reduced scale. They are well executed, as we need hardly 

 say, being drawn by Professor Schlegel himself, but perhaps not 

 quite so carefully coloured as might be ; but then the low price 

 of the work must be taken into consideration. 



The third livraison of the ' Bevue Methodique des Collec- 

 tions du Musee des Pays-Bas^t contains the conclusion of the 

 " Buccones," by Lieut. A. GofEn; and lists of the "Ardea'' and 

 " Alcedinides," and the first portion of that of " Merops," by 

 Professor Schlegel. Under the head of " Buccones" two very 

 distinct families are united, namely the true Buccofiidce and the 

 Capitonidce. These groups differ not only in external form, but 

 also in internal structure and in habits. The error of uniting 



* De Vofjjels van Nederlandsch Indie, beschreveu en afgebeeld door H, 

 Schlegel. Haarlem, Kiuseiuan, 18G3, 4to, part i. 

 t See Ibis, 1863, pp. 105 et 358. 



