732 Recently imhlished Ornithological Woi'ks. [Ibis, 



in two large folio volumes in 1888, and will ever be a 

 monument of liis industry and learning. It deals at length 

 with the anatomy of the shoulder-girdle of birds ; while in 

 the second volume a scheme of classification was ])roposed, 

 based on all the facts of the internal and external characters 

 of birds. Unfortunately but little attention was paid to 

 this great work by British ornithologists, though it was 

 noticed in ^ The Ibis ' (1888, p. 418) ; and an excellent 

 abstract from the pen of Dr. Gadow, Fiirbringer's only serious 

 rival in this subject, appeared in ' Natnre ' (vol. xxxix. 1888, 

 pp. 150-152, 177-181). Dr. Fiirbringer also published a 

 later summary of our knowledge of the Anatomy of Birds 

 in the Report of the Second International Ornithological 

 Congress, held at Budapest in 1891, and a further disquisition 

 on the same subject in the ' Jenaische Zeitschrift f. Natur- 

 wissenschaft ^ (xxxvi. pp. 587-736) in 1902, which was also 

 noticed in ' The Ibis' (1903, p. 614). 



No serious student of ornithology can neglect the study 

 of these great works, and the death of their author should 

 recall to us their importance and value. 



XXXIX. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



Arrigoni degli OddVs list of papers. 



[Elenco delle pubblicazioni del Prof. E. Arrigoni degli Oddi (1884- 

 1920). Pp. 1-10. Venezia, 1921. 8vo.] 



Count Arrigoni degli Oddi, who is not only one of the 

 leading Italian ornithologists and Professor of Zoology at 

 Padua, but also a Deputy in the Italian Parliament and a 

 member of the B. O. U. since 1896, has favoured us with 

 a number of his publications, most of which have already 

 been noticed in our pages. The list of his papers, men- 

 tioned above, contains 162 titles published between 1884 

 and 1920, and is a proof of his activity in ornithological 

 work. 



