Recently published Ornithological Works. 119 



quis de Compiegne and his friend M. A. Marche made a two 

 years^ expedition to Gaboon in 1872 to collect objects of 

 natural history. Their adventures are given in an entertain- 

 ing way by the Marquis in the two small volumes now before 

 us. They penetrated deep into the country first explored by 

 Du Chaillu, and obtained a fine series of birds^ of which their 

 agent^ Mons. Bouvier of Paris^ has published a lisf^. This 

 catalogue, or a nearly corresponding one, is also given as an 

 appendix to the present work. We may call particular at- 

 tention to the author's account of his visit to the sacred 

 islands of Lake Zouangue, where myriads of Darters, Ibises, 

 and Pelicans were found breeding in community (vol. i. 

 p. 278). 



3. Riesenthal's ' German Birds of Prey.' 



[Die Eaubvogel Deutsclilauds und des aug-renzenden Mitteleuropas. 

 Darstelluug und Beschreibimg der iu Deutscliland und den beuachbarten 

 Landeru von Mitteleui'opa vorkomnienden Eaubvogel. Allen Natur- 

 freunden, besonders aber der deutschen Jagerei gewidmet von O. v. Rie- 

 senthal. Text, 8vo. Atlas, small folio. Cassel : 1876.] 



PIr. Th. Fischer has politely forwarded to us the first part 

 of the atlas and letterpress of this proposed new work on the 

 Raptores of Central Europe. It contains chromolithographs 

 of Buteo vulgaris, B. lag opus, and Pernis apivorus, adult and 

 young. The drawings are well executed and show consider- 

 able spirit ; but we observe that the plates are rather inclined 

 to be rubbed off against their opposite neighbours. 



4. Allen's 'Birds of Lake Titicaca.' 



[Exploration of Lake Titicaca by Alexander Agassiz and S. W. Gar- 

 man. III. List of Mammals and birds. By J. A. Allen, with Field- 

 notes by Mr. Garman. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Cambridge, Mass. vol. iii. 

 nos. 15, IG. July 1876.] 



The collection of birds made by Mr. Garman dming Mr. 

 Alexander Agassiz's expeditition to Lake Titicaca in the first 



* Catalogue Geograpbique des Oiseaux recueillis par MM. A. Marche et 

 le Marquis de Compiegne dans leiu* voyage comprenaut les pays suivants, 

 Senegale, Gamble, Cazamance, Sierra-Leone, Bonny, Vieux-Calabar, Cap 

 Lagos, Fernando-Po, Principe, Gabon, Fernand-Vaz, et Riviere Ogoou6, 

 pendant les annees 1872-74, par A. Bouvier. 8vo. Paris : 1875. 



