Recently published Ornithological Works. 373 



pages are likewise occupied with an account of the Pheasants, 

 Pea-fowlj Partridges, Bustards, Plovers, and other so-called 

 '^ Game-birds" of that rich and varied fauna. There is 

 nothing scientific about the book ; but the technical names 

 from Jerdon and short descriptions of each species are given, 

 and the many interesting notes on the habits of the birds and 

 sporting adventures with them will no doubt render it very- 

 popular, 



31. ' Vagrancy Acts.' 



[Vagrancy Acts. By A.. C. McM., 2otli March, 1875. For Private 

 Circulation. Trimulgberry : printed at the Military-Prison Press. 1 vol., 

 8vo, 260 pp.] 



Under this curious title a well known Indian sportsman, 

 who usually rejoices in the pseudonym of " Vagrant,^^ has re- 

 printed a series of his papers upon the field-sports of India, 

 amongst which are many of interest to the ornithologist. 

 They contain chiefly observations made at some of the hill- 

 stations of Madras and Central India, though there are also 

 some notes on the birds of Burmah. 



■ 32. Orion's ' Andes and the Amazon.' 



[The Andes and the Amazon ; or across the continent of South America. 

 By James Orton, A.M. Third edition, revised and enlarged, containing 

 notes of a second journey across the continent from Para to Lima and 

 Lake Titicaca. 8vo. New York: 1876.] 



Professor Orton has published a third edition of this in- 

 structive work, which is probably well known to most of our 

 readers — though, except the chapter " On Condors and Hum- 

 ming-birds," there is nothing strictly ornithological in it. 

 In his second journey Prof. Orton ascended the Amazons to 

 Yurimaguas on the Huallaga (about a month^s voyage, not 

 including stoppages), and crossed thence to the Pacific by 

 Balsa Puerto, Moyobamba, Chachapoyas, and Cajamarca. 

 We can fancy no more interesting route for a naturalist, es- 

 pecially when we bear in mind that Chachapoyas is the home 

 of Loddigesia mirabilis I 



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