368 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Birds in the British Museum/ It was the intention of 

 Salvin, after the completion of the last-named work, to issue, 

 in conjunction with Dr. Godman, a series of coloured 

 illustrations of these interesting birds, and at the time of his 

 death (in 1897) many of the plates had been drawn 

 and coloured. Dr. Godman has now resolved to have the 

 series of plates completed, and " to issue them in the form 

 of a Monograph, adding such synonymy and remarks on the 

 geographical distribution of the species as Mr. Salvin had 

 originally intended and bringing the work up to date/^ 



Since 1896, as we are informed in the prospectus, 

 considerable additions to our knowledge of the Tubinares 

 have been made by jNIr. Walter Rothschild, who possesses a 

 splendid series of these birds in the Tring Museum, and 

 some remarkable discoveries concerning them have followed 

 from the researches of the American Naturalists on the Pacific 

 coast of North America. The late Sir Walter Buller has 

 likewise contributed much to our information concerning the 

 Antarctic species of Petrels in the " Supplement " to his 

 * Birds of New Zealand.' This Monograph, however, is 

 chiefly based on the large series of specimens in the British 

 Museum, which now includes the original " Salvin-Godman 

 collection.^' The Order Tubinares embraces over one 

 hundred species, about one-fourth of which are treated in 

 Part I., which is now before us. 



Dr. Godman follows closely the arrangement and nomen- 

 clature of the group used by Salvin in his ' Catalogue.' He 

 commences with the Storm-Petrels or typical Procellariidse, 

 of which family he recognises 24 species belonging to the 

 genera Procellaria, Halocyptena, Oceanodroma, Oceanites, 

 Garrodia, Pelagodi^oma, Pealea, and Cymodroma. Besides 

 descriptions and synonyms, all known particulars con- 

 cerning the life-history and distribution will be found 

 recorded in the letterpress, and excellent coloured figures 

 are given of 19 out of the 24 forms described. When we 

 add that the figures have all been drawn by that excellent 

 ornithological artist Keulemans, and coloured under careful 

 supervision, it will be obvious that neither expense nor 



