262 Recently pnhHshed Onntholoyical Works. 



and is tlms in an excellent position to pronounce decidedly 

 upon tlie subject. Besides figures of these species, one is 

 given of the young of A. australis of Shaw. Mr. Rowley^s 

 sixtli plate gives figures of the feathers of several species of 

 Struthious birds. These well show the different styles of the 

 markings of the two groups of Ai)teryges ; and with these are 

 contrasted the feathers of Dromceus and Cusuarius with their 

 elongated axillary shafts. The wide distinction between Ap- 

 teryx and the Australian Struthiones , indicated by the struc- 

 ture of their feathers, is one that is becoming constantly more 

 appreciated by ornithologists, and Avhich the examination of 

 fresh points in their structure seems to force into stronger pro- 

 minence. The final plate of this Part is devoted to a variety 

 of Nestor meridi07iatis, in which the normal colouring has 

 given place to white, the red markings retaining pretty much 

 their usual character. In his letterpress Mr. Rowley has 

 brought together a good deal of information respecting the 

 different birds on which he writes, and has added many sug- 

 gestive notes. The plates have all been drawn by Mr. Keu- 

 lemans, and are excellent examples of his skill. 



The merits of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Sel- 

 borne ' ^ are, we doubt not, so well known to our readers, that 

 any remarks of ours on them would be out of place ; what we 

 have to do with now concerns the present edition and the 

 manner and circumstances of its production. The acquisi- 

 tion of a number of Bewick^s woodcuts by the owners of the 

 copyright of Bennett^s edition of White's ' Selborne,' in- 

 spired the idea of illustrating this well-known work with 

 woodcuts of an equally well-known wood-engraver and natu- 

 ralist; and Mr. Harting was aj^plied to to edit the volume. 

 Mr. Harting's part has been judiciously performed ; for in 

 curtailing the lengthy notes of his predecessor he has brought 



* The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the county of 

 Southampton. By the Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. Standard edition, by 

 E. T. Bennett. Thoroughlj' revised, with additional Notes, by James 

 Edmund Harting, F.L.S. Szq. Illustrated with engravings by Thomas 

 Bewick, Harvey, and other*. 8vo. London: 187o (Bickers & Son). 



