658 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



coloured plates and many useful figures in the text, and 

 sold at a moderate price, may well help to popularize 

 ornithology, especially among those in whose language it is 

 written. In the first part (160 pp.) much preliminary 

 matter is contained. The structure, distribution, migration, 

 classification, and various points in the history of bird-life 

 are discussed at some length ; while a useful bibliography, 

 containing the titles of the principal publications on the 

 birds of Europe and its several countries, is added. The 

 second part (566 pp.) contains a regular account of European 

 birds, arranged systematically, beginning with the Accipitres 

 and Picarise and ending with the Anseres. The author 

 admits 565 species into the European list. He is sparing 

 in his recognition of subspecies, and denotes them by 

 alphabetical signs {a, b, c, &c.) only. The scientific and 

 Italian names adopted are alone given, without synonymy. 

 Tautonyms are used in every possible case. The 50 coloured 

 plates are reproductions from Arnold's ' Vogel Europas ' 

 (Stuttgardt, 1897). 



103. ' The Avicultural Magazine.' 



[The Avicultural Magazine ; bein;^- the Journal of the Avicultural 

 Society for the Study of British and Foreign Birds. Vol. vii. (1901) 

 and vol. viii. nos. 1-8 (1901-2). London : Porter.] 



We are much pleased to have received a copy of the 

 recent numbers of the ' Avicultural Magazine.' Avi- 

 culturists and ornithologists are so nearly akin that they 

 ought to fraternize ; and many names well known in 

 ornithology will be found mentioned in the columns of 

 the 'Avicultural Magazine.' 



The birds treated of by our contemporary are, of course, 

 those that are, or may be, kept in captivity; but among 

 these are many of considerable scientific interest. Mr. 

 Reginald Phillips keeps a pair of young Bee-eaters in his 

 dining-room, and tells us many curious stories about them. 

 The Hon. Canon Dutton writes about the " August Amazon " 

 {Chrysotis augusta) of Dominica, and illustrates the article 

 with a beautiful coloured plate, drawn by Mr. Herbert 

 Goodchild. Mr. Dutton, as is well known, is one of our best 



