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with our own on the unnecessary destruction of rare birds. " I 

 do not understand/' he wrote, " Natural Science to consist of a 

 mania for collecting ; I look npon it rather as a study of God's 

 works in the world, which he has created and peopled :" and as 

 one means of checking this mania do we heartily wish Mr. Bree 

 well, and recommend the purchase of his book to all our 

 readers. 



December 1858. 



X. — Recent Ornithological Publications. 



Those who wish to keep themselves aufait with the present 

 rapid advance of every pai't of Zoology will do well to consult 

 the Report upon the progress of its different branches published 

 every year in the second volume of ' Wiegmann's Archiv fiir 

 Naturgeschichte/ now edited by Professor Troschel. In the 

 " Bericht iiber die Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte der Vogel" 

 (Report on the Birds), from the pen of Dr. Hartlaub, will always 

 be found a complete resume of what has been done in Orni- 

 thology during the previous year. The only fault we have to 

 find with it is its somewhat tardy appearance (the Bericht for 

 1857 not having yet reached us) ; but this, we believe, is owing 

 to no fault of the author. We are not prepared at present to 

 oifer to our readers any such detailed and complete account of 

 what has been published, but shall endeavour from time to time 

 to notice some of the principal publications, relating to the 

 branch of Zoology to which this Journal is devoted, which come 

 under our notice. 



1. English Publications. 



In speaking of books concerning Birds published in this 

 country, Mr. Gould's magnificent series of illustrated works 

 claims our first attention. In the year 1858 Mr. Gould has 

 issued Parts 15 and 16 of the ' Monograph of the Trochilida,' 

 Part 10 of ' The Birds of Asia,' and the first part of a new 

 edition of the Monograph of the Trogons. The Humming-birds 

 figured are the following : — 



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