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The Birds of Lrelund. By RicHarp UssHtEer and RoBert WARkex. 
Gurney & Jackson, London, 1900. n 
A new history of the birds of Ireland, thoroughly up to date, has ki 
long been needed. That want has now been supplied, with a 
completeness that leaves nothing to be desired, in the volume now 
before us. It is a model of what such a book should be, for it is 
something more than a register of names of birds which may be 
found and looked for within the boundaries of Irish territory. Its 
pages teem with facts, and so well presented that they form the 
most delightful reading. Lovers of outdoor life, and of bird-life in 
particular, will turn to this volume again and again with a sense of 
delicious enjoyment, even though they be not specially interested in 
the birds of Ireland. The whole book shows that the authors have 
an intimate—we may say a peculiarly intimate—knowledge of their 
subject, for almost every page records some new fact or observation 
on the habits of birds and their surroundings. It might very well 
serve as a textbook on the habits and instincts of birds. 
The illustrations comprise a coloured plate, maps, numerous full- 
page plates, and vignettes, all of which are excellent. 
W. P. Pycrarr. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Notes on the Dates of Publication of the Natural History portions of 
some French Voyages.—Part I. ‘ Amérique méridionale”? ; ‘ Indes 
orientales” ; ‘Pôle Sud”? (* Astrolabe’ and ‘ Zélée’) ; ‘ La Bonite’ ; 
‘La Coquille” ; and ‘ L'Uranie et Physicienne” By C. Davies 1 
SHERBORN, F.Z.S. &c., and B. B. WoopwaRrp, F.L.S. &c. . 
‘Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale, &c. Par A. »'OriGxy. 
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Tom. III. pt. 4 Paléontologie, by Orbigny. 188 pp. Issued in 1842. 
A portion of this work, entitled ‘Coquilles et Echino- 
dermes fossiles de Colombie” (4to, Paris, 1842), was issued 
earlier in the same year by d'Orbigny. | 
IV., pt. 2. Mammalogie, by Orbigny and Gervais. 32 pp. 1847. 
Wiegmann, Archiv, 1848, p. 143. 
IV., pt. 3. Oiseaux, by Orbigny. 395 pp. 
pp. 1- 48. 1835. Wiegmann, Arch. 1836, p. 162. 
49-158. 1837. Id. 1838, pp. 370 & 380 ; 1839, p. 234. 
159-232. 1838. Isis, 1839, p. 406. 
233-352. à 
353-595. 1847. Wiegmann, Arch. 1848, 5. p. 10; Isis, 
: 1847, p. 940. 
[A detailed description of the bird part already issued appeared in ‘Isis 
1839, p. 406 &e. ; it says that up to p.232 bad appeared by “ Lieferung 35, L 
1835 —but the statements of Wiegmann seem more reliable as to the earlier 
pages, though it establishes the publication of p 232 by 1839 ; besides, Lief. 35 
could not have appeared until the end of 1837, as Lief. 1 was issued only im 
Jan. 1835 1; it appeared Oct. 1838, see Compt. Rendus, 1838, Oct., p. 726.] 
Tom. V.,pt.l. Reptiles, by Orbigny and Bibron. 12 pp. 
1847. Wiegmann, Arch. 1848, p. 196. 
