Recent Ornithological Publications. 105 



being common and resident*. We recommend this book to the 

 notice of the residents in our numerous islands and dependencies, 

 as showing how much there is to be done even in so limited a 

 field of observation. 



II. French Publications. 



The death of the late lamented Prince Bonaparte, which oc- 

 curred last year, has created a vacancy in the list of the active 

 ornithologists of France, which it will be hard to fill. But of 

 the several works commenced or projected by the Prince at the 

 time of his death, two at least are being continued. The ' Ico- 

 nographie des Perroquets,' a supplement to the great publications 

 of Le Vaillant and Saint-Hilaire, is issued as far as its 12th 

 livraison. We do not much like the plates of this book, which 

 are very French in style and execution ; they are, however a 

 great advance upon those of the work of Saint-Hilaire. But 

 the L. P. (from the pen of M. de Souance, we believe) is very 

 commendable, containing the complete synonymy with accurate 

 descriptions and precise localities of each species figured. We 

 think, however, that in a scientific work, though this perhaps is 

 less necessary where the languag eem ployed is French, the 

 technical characters of the species should be given in Latin. 



The corresponding work, entitled ' Iconographie des Pigeons,^ 

 has also reached its 12th livraison. 



Of the ' Kevue et Magasin de Zoologie^ for the year 1858, we 

 have received seven numbers, which contain several interesting 

 articles on Ornithology, from the pens of MM. Malherbe, 

 Moquin-Tandon, Pucheran, and Jules Verreaux. M. Malherbe 

 describes a new Woodpecker from Ecuador {Celeopicus ver- 

 reauxii). M. Moquin-Tandon continues his useful " Notes 

 Ornithologiques^' upon the birds of the South of France. Dr. 

 Pucheran writes observations on Pica beecheyii, Cyanopica 

 cyanea, and Juida nitens. M. Verreaux publishes characters of 

 three new birds, Dryoscopus turatii (ex Afr. Occid.), Monarcha 

 castaneiventris (ex ins. Samoens.), and Cyanalcyon leucopygius 

 (ex ins. Salomon.). 



* The Tropic-hiid of the Berniutlas is Phaethon flavirostris, and not P. 

 (Sthereus. See Jardiiie's Contrib. 1852, pi. 84, where the egj^ is figured. 



