426 Letters, Announcements, &'c. 



Crichton's * Naturalist's llamble to the Orcades/ being a collec- 

 tion of letters printed some time since in a popular sporting 

 newspaper^ is also announced for immediate publication in a sepa- 

 rate form*. 



Though we unfortunately cannot claim the well-known 

 African explorer Mr. C. J. Andersson as more than half an 

 Englishman, we must not refrain from mentioning here the 

 great design he has in contemplation, and which, provided he 

 can obtain the requisite support, he will certainly carry out. 

 This is the publication of a work on the birds of South-western 

 Africa, to consist of three volumes in Royal 8vo., illustrated by 

 upwards of four hundred and fifty tinted or coloured plates, by 

 Messrs. Baines and Wolf. Those who know anything of the 

 expense of producing such a work as Mr. Andersson contem- 

 plates will be surprised to learn that publishers have been found 

 who undertake to bring out * The Avifauna of South-western 

 Africa' at the price to subscribers oi five guineas only ; but to guard 

 themselves from loss they require a guarantee of five hundred 

 subscribers. We trust the fiveiiundred may be forthcoming, so 

 that this grand design may not fall through ; and we ourselves 

 shall be very happy to receive and forward to Mr. Andersson 

 the names of any intending subscribers. We may add that 

 this project in no way interferes with that of Mr. Layard. The 

 work of the last-named gentleman is specially on the birds of 

 the Cape Colony, and is hmited to the species which occur 

 south of lat. 28°, from which line Mr. Andersson proposes to 

 start, and include those which occur between the Orange River, 

 Cunene, Okavango, Teouge, and the Lake N'gami country, for 

 the knowledge of which we are almost entirely indebted to his 

 indefatigable efforts, which hitherto unfortunately have obtained 

 for him but little reward for the toil, the hardships, the dangers, 

 and the disasters he has undergone in their pursuit. 



* The works of Mr. Harting and Mr. Crichton have been pubhshed 

 since the above was Miitten. 



