744 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



■were obtained. These were referred to 613 species, of which 

 17 were new to science. 



In the present work "we find a popular account of 

 Dr. Festa's travels and adventures, well illustrated by 

 numerous figures in the text, and by two maps which shew 

 the traveller's exact routes. There are occasional, but not 

 many, allusions to bird-life in the narrative, and we could, 

 wish that this part of the subject had obtained greater 

 attention. 



87. Godman' s ' Monograph of the Petrels ' *. 



[A Monograph of the Petrels (Order Tubinares). By F. DuCane 

 Godman, D.C.L., F.R.S., President of the British Ornithologists' Union, 

 &c. With hand-coloured Plates by J. G. Keulemans. Part V. Witherby 

 & Co., May 1910.] 



We have now received the fifth part of this excellent 

 ■work, which completes the Monograph. We have already 

 given an account of its origin and plan of its execution in 

 onr previous notices, and need not repeat what has been 

 already plainly stated. To say that the subject is now 

 exhausted would not be true. But the Author has gathered 

 together all that is yet known about the Tubinares, and 

 formed a solid basis for future naturalists to build upon. 

 Moreover, he has illustrated his subject by an unequalled 

 series of coloured plates, which will be of the greatest value 

 to those who are studying the natural history of this difficult 

 group. 



Mr. Godman adds to the present part of his work a 

 valuable disquisition on the systematic position of the 

 Petrels, drawn up by Mr. Pycraft, which merits careful 

 study. Their osteological characters, Mr. Pycraft says, 

 support the contention that, although their Ciconiiform 

 affinities are evident, the Petrels are also allied to the Divers 

 and Penguins, but have little to do with the Gulls, as some 

 authorities have maintained. 



According to the present work, the Tubinares, as at 

 present known, are divisible into four families : Procellariidae, 



* For notice of Part IV., see ' Ibis/ 1909, p. 546. 



