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statutes, until there are but few exceptions to the rule. 

 The author has recast the part of his work on the use of 

 birds for millinery purposes, and has subjoined a chapter 

 on the possession and sale of birds. Material additions 

 have been made in other portions of the pamphlet, and a 

 table is given of the dates of the laws, together with new 

 diagrams and other improvements. The Federal Laws, the 

 several State Laws, and those of Canada are given in full 

 (see Ibis, 1901, p. 140). 



126. Richmond on 7iew Generic Terms for Birds. 



[List of Generic Terms proposed for Birds during the Years 1890 to 

 1900, inclusive, to wliicli are added names omitted by WaterLouse in his 

 'Index Generum Avium.' By Charles \V. Richmond. Proc. U.S. Nat, 

 Mus. xiv. pp. 663-729, 1902.] 



Mr. Waterhouse^s excellent ' Index Generum Avium ' 

 provides a most useful list of the generic names proposed in 

 the Class of Birds from the time of Linnseus to the middle 

 of 1889. Mr. Richmond supplements this work by giving 

 us a list of the generic names proposed since that date 

 up to the end of 1900, and at the same time by adding 

 certain names omitted in the former list. The newly 

 instituted names are 475 in number, and those overlooked 

 by Mr. Waterhouse are 200, so that altogether 675 are 

 enumerated in the present work. In Mr. Eichmond's 

 List, not only is an exact reference given to the volume in 

 uhich each name was published, but the typical species is 

 designated, while the family to which the genus is re- 

 lerable and an explanation of the term employed are also 

 added ; so that the paper is most useful and complete, and 

 will be of great value to working ornithologists. 



The List ends with a catalogue of tlie generic terms con- 

 tained in it, arranged under the heads of the families to 

 which they belong. 



127. Seth-Smitli on Parrakeets. 



[Parrakeets ; being a practical Haudbooli to those Species kept in 

 Captivity. By B. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. Part I. Pp. 1-40 ; 

 4 coloured plates. Royal 8vo. London : R. H. Porter. Price 6s. net.] 



]\lr. Seth-Smith sends us the first number of his now book 



