Recently published Ornithological Works. 459 



58. Cowan on Madagascar Birds. 



[List of Madagascar Birds, together with the Native Names among a 

 few of the different Tribes. By Rev. W. Deans Cowan. Small 4to. 



Antananariva : 1881.] 



Tliis is a list of the names o£ the recognized species of 

 Madagascar birds^ with their native names among the various 

 tribes given in parallel columns. The total number of 

 species in the list is 219^ including several introduced. 



59. CruttwelVs ' Table of the Animal Kingdom.' 



[A Complete Table of the Animal Kingdom, arranged in their Divi- 

 sions, Classes, Orders, Suborders, and Families ; with the Meanings of 

 Scientific Names, and common examples of each. 8vo. Frome.] 



There is nothing novel in Mr. CruttwelPs arrangement of 

 the class of birds ; and his " meanings'' of the terms are not 

 very well expressed^ and in some cases, we fear, not quite 

 accurate. 



60. Dalgleish on Birds and Eggs from Uruguay. 



[Notes on a Collection of Birds and Eggs from Central Uruguay. By 

 John J. Dal^eish. Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinburgh, vol. vi. p. 232.] 



Mr. Dalgleish's collection was made on the Estancia de la 

 Tala, about 170 miles north of Monte Video, and contains 

 specimens of 24 species and their eggs. The latter are de- 

 scribed^ and those of Geranoaetus melanoleucus, Tcenioptera 

 nengeta and T. irupero, Molothrus badius, Paroaria domini- 

 cana, Pitangus bellicosus, Milvulus tyrannus, Serphophaga 

 nigricans, Nothura maculosa, and Rhynchotus rufescens are 

 figured. Good notes on nidification are given ; and a very 

 interesting general description of the country and its physical 

 character is prefixed. 



61. Dresser^ s Birds of Europe. 



[A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the Species inhabiting 

 the Western Palsearctic Region. By II. E. Dresser, F.L.S., F.Z.S., kc. 

 Parts Ixxxiii. & Ixxxiv.] 



With great pleasure we hail the issue of the last two parts 



