488 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



groups of British Birds and their nests. These are already 

 159 in number, and are constantly receiving fresh accessions. 

 Owing to want of space it has not been found possible to 

 arrange them in exact scientific order, but they are 

 numbered consecutively, and are described in the tc Guide" 

 under corresponding numbers. We need not enlarge upon 

 the charms of this portion of the collection, which is well 

 known to all lovers of Bird-life that visit the building in 

 South Kensington, and is certainly that part most appre- 

 ciated by the general public. 



In concluding our notice of this work we must express 

 our regret that it was thought necessary to issue it in 

 so large a size. A quarto volume of any bulk is an 

 awkward thing to hold in the hand, especially when walking 

 about a gallery in order to examine the objects described. 

 When a second edition is called for we hope that it will 

 be found possible to print it in octavo, in correspondence 

 with some of the other " Guides " recently issued, even if this 

 should somewhat diminish the effect of Mr. Lodge's illustra- 

 tive plates. 



74. Oustalet on the Birds of Cambogia, Laos, Annam, and 

 Tonquin. 



[Les Oiseaux du Cambodge, du Laos, de l'Aanam ct du Tonquin. 

 N.mv. Arch. d. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. ser. 4, t. v. (1904).] 



We have now received the second portion of M. Oustalet's 

 account of the birds of the French territories in Indo-China, 

 which completes this useful piece of work (cf. ' Ibis/ 1900, 

 p. 557). In the first half of the memoir 78 species were 

 recorded from these countries, in the second half we find 

 107 noticed, making together a total of 185. No new 

 species are described in the present section, which relates 

 mostly to the Passeres. Coloured figures are given of Pitta 

 annamensis, Dryonastes maesi, and D. lugens. 



75. Picchi on a Collection of Italian Birds. 



[Elenco degli Uccelli conservati nella sua Collezione Ornitologica 

 Italiana al 29 Febbraio 1904, con notizie intorno alia Distribuzione e 



