380 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



1826-27? Donovan, E. The Natural History | of the [ Nests aud Eggs of British Birds; 

 I The I Descriptions, | which are calculated for the naturalist as well as for the 

 general observer, | Are intended to comprehend e\"ery useful Trait of Informa- 

 tion resijectiug the Nidification, Eggs, and Incubation of | the numerous Spe- 

 cies of the Feathered Tribes that inhabit the British Isles : | and are through- 

 out accompanied by | A Series of elegantly-coloured Plates, | comprending 

 figures I of the eggs of every species, with their most singular varieties, so far 

 as they can be correctly ascertained. | The whole exclusively executed from 

 Nature, and disposed according to their respective genera, | by E. Donovan, 

 F. L. S. W. S. &c. I Author of the Natural History of British Birds, in ten 

 volumes, and other approved works. | — | London : | printed for the author, 

 and sold by all booksellers. | 1826. Oblong roy. 8vo, unpaged, with unnum- 

 bered col'd plates. Pub. in Parts. 



I have only seen the first four parts of this curiously gotten up affair — was it ever com- 

 pleted? There is some regular text, in double column, but much of the print consists of 

 labels pasted on blank pages opposite the several plates, the execution of which calls for no 

 special remark. Parts 1-3 are dated 1826, but some of the plates themselves are dated 1825; 

 part 4 is not dated. I doubt that anything appeared before 1826; the prospectus was only 

 issued in 1825 (Feruss. Bull., v, pp. 271, 272). Prospectus announces intended completion in 

 24-36 parts. See Loudon's Mag., ii, 1829, p. 205. 



1^6. Selby, p. J. Catalogue of the various Birds which at present inhabit or resort 

 to the Faru Islands, with Observations on their habits, «fec. <^Zool. Journ., 

 ii, 1826, pp. 454-465. 

 18 spp., with synonymy. 



1826. Sheppard, R., and Whitear, W. A Catalogue of the Norfolk and Suffolk 



Birds; with Remarks. <^ Trans. Linn. Soc, xv, pt. i, 1826, pp. 1-61. 



Very fuUy annotated. Followed by a table of migration of summer birds (18 spp.) from 

 1812 to 1821. 



1827. Brackenridge, G-. W. Yearly appearance of the Swallow and Cuckoo [1801- 



1826, near Bristol]. <:iZool. Journ.', iii, 1827, p. 319. 

 1827. Hogg, J. Natural History of the Vicinity of Stockton. ... By John Hogg. 

 1827. 



^ot seen. —Contains an extended list of the Birds ' ' frequenting the country near Stockton "; 

 126 spp. The same article is said to have appeared as an appendix to Brewster's history of 

 that town. 



1827. Jexyns, L. Observations on the Ornithology of Cambridgeshire. <[ Trans. 

 Cambr. Philos. Son., ii, pt. ii, 1827, pp. 287-324. 

 Not seen. 



1827. Yarrell, W. On the occurrence of some [9 spp.] rare British Birds. <^ Zool. 

 Journ., iii, 1827, pp. 85-88. 



1827. Yarrell, W. Some Observations on the Anatomy of the British Birds of Prey. 



< Zool. Journ., iii, 1827, pp. 181-189, pi. vi. 

 1828. . Memorandum from the Right Honourable the Lord President, con- 

 taining some facts relating to the Natural History of the Swallow and Part- 

 ridge. < Edinb. New Philos. Journ., iv, 1828, pp. 290-292. 



1828. Anon. Sur quelques oiseaux rares de la Grande-Bretagne ; par W. Yarrel[l]. 



<F<^r«,s,'*. Bull., 2« sect., xiv, 1828, p. 116. 



Extrait du Zool. Journ., iii, 1827, pp. 85-88. 

 1828. Fleming, .J. A History of British Animals, exhibiting tlie descriptive charac- 

 ters. ... 1 vol. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1828. 



Xot seen. 



"Prior to 1828 the only complete hand books of British Ornithology were the valuable but 

 somewhat obsolete 'Ornithological Dictionary' of Montagu, and the fascinating, though not 

 always accurate, 'British Birds' of Bewick. lu the above year appeared the 'British Ani- 

 mals' of Dr. Fleming, a work which had no small share in introducing into this country the 

 improved systems of modern zoology. The gencia adopted are for the most part those of 

 Cuvier's 'll^gne Animals', and the specific descriptions and remarks, though brief, are in 

 general accurate." (Striokl., Rep. Brit. Assoc, for 1844, p. 181.) 



