628 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



" Leguatia gigantea " is perhaps the most extraordinary 

 picture of the present volume, but it is perhaps a little 

 uncertain whether such a bird ever existed. The figure is 

 made from the descriptions and sketches of the old French 

 voyagers, and Newton always maintained that it was a 

 Flamingo and nothing more. But Schlegel and other good 

 authorities were of a contrary opinion. 



The Dodos, the Moas, and the Rocs are all fully treated 

 and abundantly illustrated in Mr. Rothschild's work, 

 and most of the facts known about these three great 

 groups of Extinct Birds are brought together. The best 

 possible figures of the three Dodos that can be deduced from 

 the present state of our knowledge of them stand side by 

 side. A brave attempt is made to get the Dinornithes and 

 ^pyornithes into systematic order, but the complications 

 arising from the different bases of treatment of these birds 

 by rival authorities render this an almost impossible task. 

 We are, however, thankful to the author for the information 

 which he has brought together from all parts on these 

 imperfectly known groups. We must also thank him for 

 the useful list of the literature on Extinct Birds which heads 

 the volume and will be very useful. 



It would be uugracious towards an author who has worked 

 so wisely and so well to call attention to certain " slips'^ in 

 his work, such as the absence of a list of the species recorded 

 in the letterpress of the volume and not figured. There is no 

 doubt that Mr. Rothschild must have spent many hours 

 of hard labour in its composition and in the selection of 

 the splendid illustrations, and we thank him heartily for 

 having devoted his time to such a task and brought it to a 

 successful issue. 



The following names used in Mr. Rothschild's work 

 appear to be new : — 



Cnsuarius lydekkei'i, p. x. 

 Ara erythrura^ p. 54. 

 Necropsittacus borbonicus, p. 62. 

 Bubo leyuati, p. 71. 

 Strix newtoni, p. 79. 

 Ardea duboisi, p. 111. 



Nesoenas duboisi, p. 166. 

 Megalapteryx hamiltoni, p. 196. 

 Emeus boothi, p. 210. 



haasti, p. 210. 



jMrkeri, p. 211. 



Dromceus perro/ii, p. 236. 



