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75. Sharpe on the Ornithological Literature of 1906. 



[Zoological Record, Vol. xliii. 190G. XVII. Aves. R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe. 8vo. Pp. 104.] 



In our notice of the '* Aves " of the Zoological Record last 

 year (' Ibis/ 1907, p. 212) we announced, with much approval, 

 the approaching amalgamation of the ' Zoological Record ' 

 (kept up so successfully by the Zoological Society of London 

 for many years) with the zoological portion (N) of the 

 ' Catalogue of Scientific Literature ' prepared by the Inter- 

 national Council formed for that purpose. We have now 

 before us the section " Aves " of the amalgamated catalogue 

 and are glad to say that the plan of union seems to have 

 been carried out in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. All 

 the virtues of the old ' Zoological Record ' have been pre- 

 served, and many of the vices which disfigured the zoological 

 volume of the International CounciFs Catalogue have dis- 

 appeared. 



The record of the ' Aves,' as in many previous years of 

 the ' Zoological Record,' has been compiled by Dr. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, to whom we offer our congratulations on having 

 found time to carry out this very stiff piece of work among 

 all his other multifarious occupations. 



The Record of Aves commences with a list of the titles of 

 the ornithological publications of 1906. It is a very long 

 one, occupying about 50 pages of double columns, and seems 

 to be much more extensive and complete than those of former 

 years. The titles are not numbered through, but we estimate 

 them to be at least 1500-1600. When there is more than 

 one paper by the same author the consecutive papers are 

 numbered through, so that it is quite easy to refer to them 

 by the author's name and the number of his paper — 

 e. g. " Bianchi 5 " means Bianchi's fifth paper in the List of 

 Titles. This mode of reference is short and convenient, and 

 is used all through the '' Subject-Index." 



The " Subject-Index," although an improvement upon 

 some of those of former years, is still, in our opinion, 

 unnecessarily broken up into small headings. 



