340 Reccntlij jmhlished Ornithological JVorks. 



Prince and Princess of Wales anrl under the Presidency of 

 Col. W. V. Legg;ej while the names of the other office-bearers 

 form a guarantee of future excellence. The Editors (Messrs. 

 A. J. Campbell and H. Kendall) have provided papers of a 

 popular, as well as of a scientific, nature — wisely endeavouring 

 to attract thereby all sorts and conditions of the widely- 

 scattered bird-lovers of the Continent ; Avhile coloured plates 

 are promised in the future, if funds permit, to replace or 

 auf;ment the reprodnctions of photographs temporarily 

 utilized. 



The first number contains an account of the meetings 

 which led to the formation of the Union, with a photographic 

 reproduction of the signatures of the ornithologists present 

 on Nov. 7th, 1900; the second a report of the Inaugural 

 Session of Oct. 31st, 1901, with the President's address; 

 while both comprise articles by well-known Australian 

 ornithologists, and conclude with memoranda under various 

 permanent headings, such as " Forgotten Feathers," " Stray 

 Feathers," "From Magazines," "Reviews," and "About 

 Members." 



49. Finn's 'Birds of Calcutta.' 



[The Birds of Calcutta. By F. Finn. Sm. 8vo. Calcutta, 1901. 

 Pp. 1-89. Price 2s. net.] 



This little book, which is pleasantly written in a poimlar 

 and slightly jocose style, contains articles originally printed 

 in ' The Asian ' on twenty-four kinds of birds. The titles 

 being given in English, the author has managed to include 

 under each heading various species which, among Anglo- 

 Indians at Calcutta, go by the same appellation, while he 

 generally gives the native names also. The habits of the birds 

 are by no means neglected, and stories in connexion with 

 them brighten the pages. The plumage, nests, and eggs are 

 described with sufficient exactitude, and the pamphlet will 

 doubtless be of great use to residents or visitors who are 

 tyros in the science of ornithology. 



