84 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



is a striking testimony to liis energy and ability. Forbes's 

 work was chiefly directed to the structure of birds, but the 

 volume also contains some valuable contributions to syste- 

 matic ornithology as well as to the anatomy of Mammalia. 

 Even to those who had not the pleasure of Forbes^s personal 

 acquaintance it will be evident, from the perusal of his 

 memoirs, that Forbes combined in the highest degree the 

 skill of an anatomist with the powers of observation of a field- 

 naturalist — a combination which is very rarely to be found, 

 and which has rendered his premature death ever to be re- 

 gretted in the interests of science. 



1 1 . Gaclow on the Anatomy of Birds. 



[Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen imd Ordnungen des Thierreichs wissen- 

 schaftlicli dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Fortgesetzt von Dr. Hans Gadow. 

 Band VI. Abth. IV. Aves. Lief. 7, 8, u. 9, 1884 ; Lief. x. 1885.] 



Dr. Hans Gadow has courageously taken up the section of 

 Bronn's ' Thierreich ' devoted to Birds, left incomplete by 

 Selenka in 1870, and has already issued two new parts. 

 The first four sheets are destined to supersede the corre- 

 sponding portion of the original issue, so that we have the 

 great advantage of an account of the whole of the muscular 

 structure of birds by one of our best authorities on the 

 subject. 



It is, we think, by no means certain that other portions of 

 Prof. Selenka^s work would not have been improved by a 

 similar revision. Great additions to our knowledge of the 

 osteology of birds have been made during the past fourteen 

 years. But a new work on the anatomy of the Class Aves is 

 much wanted, and we trust that Dr. Gadow will bring this 

 long-delayed portion of Bronn^s 'Thierreich^ to a speedy con- 

 clusion. There is no doubt that it will be the best modern 

 authority on the subject. 



12. Giglioli on the Ornithological Congress at Vienna. 



[II primo Congresso internazionale tenuto a Vienna dal 7 al 14 Aprils, 

 1884. Relazione del Delegate del Governo Italiano, Dott. Enrico H. 

 Giglioli. Annali di Agricoltura, 1885. Roma : 1885. 59 pp.] 



The Keport furnished by Dr. Giglioli to the Italian IVIinister 



