200 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



\S^^ was elected the first Principal of the lloyal Agricultui'al 

 College at Cirencester, subsequently undertaking the manage- 

 ment of some estates in Ireland, where he continued his 

 natural-history pursuits; but his collections, books, and 

 papers were lost through a fire at Cork. He died at 

 Brighton on 25th September, 1884, in his ninety-first year. 



48. Olphe-GalUurd on the Birds of Western Europe. 



[Contributions a la Faune Ornithologique de I'Europe Occidentale. 

 Par Leon Olpbe-Galliard. Fasc. xxxiii., Mars 1885 ; Fasc. v., Juin 

 1885. 8vo. Bayouue.] 



The first Part of this work (c/. 'Ibis,' 1885, p. 231) could not 

 well avoid its title ; but it will be observed that in the subse- 

 quent issues the numeration is as far as possible from being 

 consecutive. We have hitherto deferred our notices of the 

 above two Parts, in the hope that some more would have 

 appeared to fill up the gaps, but none have reached us, nor 

 do we think that any others have been published. The former 

 of the two now before us treats of the Ploceidse, " an African 

 family, with the exception of the Sparrows, which are their 

 representatives in Europe." The latter Part in date of issue 

 contains Family V., Cygnidse ; the author adopting Wagler's 

 genus Olor for the Cygnus musicus &c. group, but advocating 

 the orthography Holor, in which we do not think he will have 

 many followers. 



49. Palacky on the Distribution of Birds. 



[Die Verbreitung der Vogel auf der Erde, Monograpliie vou Dr. 

 Johann Palacky. 8vo. Wien : 1885.] 



After some preliminary remarks, the author takes Gray's 

 'Hand-list,' and reviews the distributions of the 11,162 

 species therein mentioned in 70 different groups. In a 

 second section Dr. Palacky treats of his subject geographi- 

 cally, and divides the world ornithologically into four prin- 

 cipal divisions (America, the Palsearctic Region, Africa, 

 Australia), with a number of subdivisions to each. The 

 treatise appears to us to be rather that of a compiler than 

 of one drawing his conclusions from original work ; but 

 this is, perhaps, a necessity of the case. 



