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ration of synonyms will render this volume most valuable for 

 reference, and useful to the student of this attractive but difficult 

 family of birds. 



We have seen Dr. A. de Philippics ' Reise durch die Anden- 

 wiiste Atacama' (Halle, 1860, 4to), and will give a further 

 notice of it in our next Number. 



The Royal Zoological Society of Amsterdam have presented 

 us with a copy of their magnificent work* upon the Touracos 

 {Musojjhagidce) of Africa — a monograph carefully elaborated by 

 MM. Schlegel and Westerman, and which leaves little wanting, 

 either in the way of illustration or descripaon, so far as our 

 knowledge of this beautiful family of birds has been at present 

 advanced. The recognized species of the group are 1 7 in number, 

 which are divisible into two very distinct sections, according to 

 the form and covering of the nostrils. Every species is splen- 

 didly and accurately figured of the size of life. The letter-press 

 is in the national language of Holland, which, however much we 

 may lament, we cannot reasonably complain of in a national work 

 like the present ; but a Latin synopsis is also given, in which the 

 species ai'e distinguished by full and accurate diagnoses. Alto- 

 gether we must express our highest approbation of this work, 

 which we consider as the very Prince of Monographs. 



We have received, through Professor SundevaPs kindness, 

 the 6th, 7th, and 8th numbers of ' Svenska Foglarna,^ a well- 

 executed popular work on the Birds of Sweden, with the text 

 written by this talented naturalist. We have already noticed 

 the previous parts of this book {' Ibis' 1859, p. 324). 



The first part of the Bulletin of the Imperial Society of Natu- 

 ralists of Moscow for the present year contains a general article by 



* Die Toerako's afgebeeld en beschreven door H. Schlegel onder 

 medewerking vaa G. F. Westerman. Ofgedragen aan Z. M. den Koning. 

 Uitgegeven door het Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis 

 Magistra. Amsterdam, 1860, 1 vol. fol., 26 pp., 17 col. plates. 



