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VII. — Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications. 

 1. English. 

 The expectations of ornithologists throughout the world by our 

 late announcement of Messrs. Sclater and Salvin's projected 

 work* will not, we are sure, be disappointed by its appearance. 

 The readers of ' The Ibis ' know well the thorough manner in 

 which these gentlemen are accustomed to deal with any subject 

 they take up ; and the letterpress of the first pai-t of ' Exotic Or- 

 nithology' is as much superior to that which accompanies any of 

 the 'Planches Enluminees ' or 'Planches Coloriees' as the pro- 

 gress of science would warrant. The species represented in this 

 part are : — 



Lipaugus unirufus, Scl. 



subalaris, Scl. 



rufescens, Scl. 



Furnarius torridus, Scl. Sf Salv. 



Xipholena atropurpurea {Max.). 

 Ptilogonys caudatus, Cab. 

 Vireolanius melitophrys, Bp. 

 pulchellus, Scl. Sf- Salv. 



all from that New World on which the affections of our friends 

 the authors are so fixedly set. The figures are the best we have 

 seen of Mr. Smit's drawing since be has been in this country ; 

 and though to an eye accustomed to the masterpieces of our 

 great artist they may be deficient in life and picturesqueness, 

 yet the structiu-al peculiarities and details of plumage, the im- 

 portance of which cannot be overrated, are well preserved ; and 

 we must also add that the copies we have seen do great credit 

 to the colourer. The monographic character of the work is 

 already shown, by the introduction of a synopsis of the known 

 species of several of the genera illustrated. We trust that the 

 authors and their enterprising publisher will receive ample en- 

 couragement from the public in their undertaking. 



The first impressions of the "intelligent stranger," whose 

 advent to London is the ever-recurring theme of so many news- 

 paper-articles, might lead him to suppose, if he were an ornitho- 

 logist, that in the vicinity of England's capital no birds but 

 Sparrows are to be found ; and certainly such busy scenes as 



* Exotic Ornithology, by Philip Lutley Sclatek, M.A., Ph.D., 

 F.R.S., Secretary to the Zoological Society of London, and Osbert Sal- 

 viN, M.A., F.Z.S., &c. Part 1. October 1st, 1866. London. Imp. 4to. 



