510 Recently puiUshed Ornitholocjicul Works. 



Mr. Popliam, but room might have been found to refer at 

 least to those of the Bar-tailed Godwit aud Pomatorliine 

 Skua, as found by the same gentleman on the Yenesei. 



The well-known illustrations of the original work have 

 been retained, and a useful map has been added to show the 

 route taken upon each journey. 



108. Sharpens Edition of White's ' Selborne.' 



[The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborue aud a Garden 

 Kaleudar. By the Reverend Gilbert White, M.A. Edited by K. 

 Bowdler Sharps, LL.D,, with an Introduction by the Very Reverend S. 

 Reynolds Hole, Dean of Rochester, and numerous Illustrations by J. G. 

 Keulemans, Herbert Railton, and Edmund J. Sullivan. In two volumes, 

 1900. Loudon : S. T. Freemantle. Price £3 net.] 



More than one hundred editions of the 'Natural History 

 and Antiquities of Selborue ' have now been issued, and it 

 has become a serious question whether further additions to 

 the list are desirable, especially as the more modern editions 

 show in certain cases little if any improvement upon the old. 

 Nevertheless, the present sumptuous volumes, with their 

 clear print and profuse illustrations, will undoubtedly prove 

 acceptable to the wealthy naturalist, though the true lover 

 of Gilbert White will perforce be obliged to regret that the 

 impossibility of obtaining a genuine portrait of the author 

 has induced the publisher to insert such lamentable cari- 

 catures in its place as are to be found in some of the pictures. 

 For this, however, as things stand at the present day, the 

 Editor can hardly be held liable, aud we are grateful to 

 Dr. Sharpe for extending his researches to White's original 

 letters preserved in the British Museum, and for restoring 

 the passages which relate to the birds of Gibraltar sent 

 home by his brother John White. These were naturally 

 omitted by the author, after due consideration, as being 

 unsuitable to a Natural History of his own district, but none 

 the less are tliey of great interest to us of a later day, while 

 they serve to demonstrate his wide grasp of ornithological 

 subjects. 



The Editor is careful lo note where discrepancies occur 



