Recently published Ornithological Works. 511 



plate iu question is lettered Dialia adorabilis. We believe 

 that the ]\1S. of this work is far advanced towards completion. 

 In its preparation M. Mulsant has spared no pains to bring 

 it up to our knowledge of the present day. Only recently he 

 spent several weeks in London, with the object of examining 

 critically the collections in this metropolis. 



Mr. Hume has brought his ' Nests and Eggs of Indian 

 Birds ' to a conclusion by the issue of the third and final 

 part, of which we spoke in April last {antea, p. 265). The 

 whole book contains 662 pages of closely printed matter. 

 Though ' Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds ' is stated to be but 

 a " rough draft," it will be of great use to ornithologists in 

 India; and we have little doubt that the notes which Mr. 

 Hume invites will greatly add to the completeness of the re- 

 issue of the work that is contemplated within a year. The 

 amount of information contained in its pages is very great ; 

 but the general omission of references makes it difficult to 

 distinguish between reprinted and fresh matter. An index to 

 the contemplated reissue would add considerably to the utility 

 of this book as a work of reference. 



The incomplete state in which the ' Zoology of the Voyage 

 of the Erebus and Terror ' has remained for so many years, 

 has long been a matter of regret ; so that a further, and, we 

 fear, final, contribution towards the completion of the account 

 of the zoology of this voyage cannot but be welcomed witli 

 pleasure. It has long been known that a considerable number 

 of plates had been drawn in addition to those actually published. 

 Their purchase of the late Dr. J. E. Gray by Mr. Janson 

 led the latter gentleman to obtain the cooperation of several 

 naturalists connected with the British Museum to furnish 

 suitable text to the plates referred to ; and these contributions 

 have been issued in the form of supplements to the parts 

 published now more than thirty years ago. The ornithological 

 portion is from the pen of Mr. R. B. Sharpe, who, in follow- 

 ing out the late Mr. G. R. Gray's idea of making his contri- 

 bution an account of the birds of New Zealand, has gi\'en a 



