Recently published Ornithological Works. 247 



ble for this work of Mr. Vennor^s, were we justified in doing so. 

 Though the author has apparently had before him the standard 

 works on his subject, he has used them to little profit, judg- 

 ing from the first page of his book — where the main divisions 

 of the birds of prey are treated of, and these are divided into 

 two ^^ suborders/^ those with stout bills which catch their 

 prey alive, and those with feeble bills which feed on carrion 

 &c., and a few lines lower down into '^^ three great sub- 

 families.^^ The Vulturidse, one of the latter, are said to con- 

 tain three genera, of which Cathartes alone reaches Canada ! 

 The Old World is evidently omitted from consideration. The 

 species treated of probably include all, or nearly all, those 

 that are to be found in Canada ; and the most valuable part 

 of the text consists in the accounts given of the occurrences 

 and distribution of each species. Of the photographs which 

 illustrate the book, we can only say that they are good pho- 

 tographs of wretchedly stuffed specimens, though Mr. Vennor 

 appears to be quite satisfied with their any thing but life- 

 like attitudes. 



28. Salvadori's Recent Ornithological Papers. 



[(1) Catalogo di una coUezione di Uccelli delF Isola di Buru, inviata 

 al Museo Civico di Genova dal signer A. A. Bruijn. Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Genoa, viii. p. 367. 



(2) Catalogo degli Uccelli raccolti dai sigg. A. A. Bruiju ed 0. Beccari 

 durante il viaggio del trasporto da guerra olandese " Surabaia " dal No- 

 vembre 1875 al Gennaio 1876. Ann. Mus. Civ, Genoa, viii. p. 395. 



(3) Intorno alia supposta femmina del Dicceum retrocinctum, Gould. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, viii. p. 509. 



(4) Catalogo di una seconda collezione di Uccelli raccolti dal sig. L. M. 

 D'Albertis nell' Isola Yule e sulla vicina costa della Nuova Guinea e di 

 una piccola collezione della regione bagnata dal Fiume Fly. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Genoa, ix. p. 7- 



(5) Intorno a due piccole collezioni di Uccelli, I'una di Petta (Isole 

 Sanghir) e I'altra di Tifore e di Batang Keteil, inviate dal signor A. A. 

 Bruijn al Museo Civico di Genova. Ann, Mus. Civ. Genoa, ix. p. 51.] 



Dr. Salvador! sends separate copies of five more of his valu- 

 able papers on the birds of the Malayan and Papuan Archi- 

 pelago, all published during the latter part of 1876. 



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