450 Recently pnb/ished Ornithological Works. 



The notes do not seem to include any thing of novelty, the 

 most remarkable facts mentioned (the breeding of Tringa 

 cinclus and Mureca penelojje in the district) having been 

 before recorded on the author^s authority in our pages (Ibis, 

 1865, pp. 438, 444). 



On the completion of each of his great works, Mr. Gould 

 has published the ' Introductions ' in an octavo volume. This 

 plan has been of great assistance to working ornithologists 

 making references to such large books. The volume"^ now 

 before us contains the introductory matter accompanying 

 ' The Birds of Great Britaiii,' on the completion of which 

 we have recently had occasion to congratulate Mr. Gould. 



Since our last notice of Mr. Dresser's ' Birds of Europe' t, 

 f(nir more numbers have been issued. 



A number of Sylviidte arc figured and treated of in these 

 parts, including some Saxieolinse, an intricate group which 

 Mr. Dresser and Mr. Blanford have carefully worked out in 

 a recently published part of the Zoological Society's ' Pro- 

 ceedings ' (1874, p. 213 et seqq.) . Progress is also made with 

 the genus Luyopns ; and interesting notes, illustrated by a 

 plate, are given of the shedding and growth of the claws and 

 the assumption of the feathers on the toes at certain seasons 

 by Ldfjopus albus. The Coiwidsc, Certhiidse, Glareolidje, 

 Ciiculidtu, Ilirundinida;, Accipitres, Sturnidae, Cypselida?, 

 Anatidse, Laridae, and Procellariidse, all come in for a share of 

 attention. In the double number the profuse synonymy of 

 that unfortunate bird, the Yellow-browed Warbler of Latham, 

 Phylloscopms svperciliosvs (Gmelin) is very fully worked out 

 by Lord Walden. The extent to which this poor bird has 

 been misnamed can be realized by glancing at its list of 

 synonyms, which occupy nearly two quarto pages of Mr. 

 Dresser's work ! 



As we have frequently spoken in terms of praise of this 

 admirable work, sulHce it to say that the present numbers 



* Introduction to the Birds of Groat Britain. By .John Gould. Lon- 

 don : 1873. 8vo, pp. 135. 



t A History of the Birds of Europe. By IT. E. Dresser. Parts 

 x.xviii., xxix. & xxx. (double part), xxxi. May, .July, and Aug-ust, 1874. 



