424 Neiv Fublicafions. 



6. Illustrations of the Zoology of Southern Africa. By Dr Smith. London : 

 Smith, Elder and Co. riUKaU .1 .U i^ii ...Vtonv;t>^.o w 



Number VI. contains coloured representations of the follow- 

 ing species of Macroscelides, viz. typicus, rupestris, intufi, 

 Ijrachyrynchus, and Edwardii : of Birds, the following spe- 

 cies of Pyrrhulauda, viz. australis, verticalis, and leucotis : of 

 Bejytiles, the Testudo semiserrata. Number VII. contains, — 

 oi Mammals the following, viz. Cynictis Ogilbyii, and lepturus : 

 of Birds, Platyrhynchus capensis ; Saxicola infuscata ; Alauda 

 ferruginea ; Ploceus subaureus ; Pterocles gutturalis ; Parra 

 capensis : of Beptiles, Vipera caudalis : of Fishes, Agriopus 

 spinifer. Number VIII. — Mammals, Rhinoceros simus: Birds, 

 Athene capensis ; Dicrunis Ludwigii ; Corythaix porphjTCO- 

 lopha ; Turdus obscurus, strepitans, libonyana, and guttatus : 

 Beptiles, Testudo verroxii : Fishes, Carcharodon capensis. 

 Number IX. — Mammals, Petromys typicus: Birds, Aquila coro- 

 nata, bellicosa, Swainsonii ; Strix capensis : Beptiles, Python 

 natalensis : Fishes, Tilapia Sparrmanii. Number X. — Mam- 

 mals, F.uryotis ivroratus, unisulcatus, Brantsii : Birds, Mela- 

 conotus similis ; Lamprotornis Burchellii ; Cossypha humera- 

 lis ; Erythropygia pectoralis, and paena : Fishes, Leptorhyn- 

 chus capensis. 



6. Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands. 



Bv David Low, Esq., F.R.S.E., Professor of Agriculture in the Uni- 

 , versity of Edinburgh. Tart J. Folio. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, 



and Longman. 



Most of our Edinburgh readers are doubtless aware of the 

 existence of an interesting and important Agricultural Mu- 

 seum in the University. The collection has been formed mi- 

 der the able superintendence of Professor Low, and although 

 not yet completed, is already extensive. It includes an ad- 

 mirably executed series of paintings of the various races of 

 our domestic animals, and it is from them that the present li- 

 thooraphic illustrations have been derived. We shall notice 

 the work more in detail when it has made some progress ; and 

 would merely state at present, that it is got up in a very beau- 

 tiful and handsome style ; and that the letter-press is not only 

 very valuable to the agricultiu-ist, but also of a nature to ii^- 

 terest the general reader. 



