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A/ialj/sis of Periodical JVorks on Naiwal Hislcry. 223 



hereafter found in Sumatra, Borneo, or New Guinea. There 

 are four birds in this Number, one of which is proposed as a 

 new genus by the name oi Ccdijpomcna viridis. Th.e 5th and 

 last part which has reached us contains four quadrupeds, viz. 

 Nyctimnn^ tenuis; Mcnigmfa Javanica; Sciunis i?isignis, and 

 Pteromijs Lepidus. The birds introduced are, Pomatorhinns 

 montanus (a new genus allied to Cinnyrcs), Phcenicopham Ja^ 

 vanicus; Scolopax sattirata, and Mmc'icapa Indigo. 



Numerical Games: intended for the Improvement of Youno- 

 Persons. By Thomas Halliday. Hunter, St. Paul's Churcii^ 

 yard, &c. 



This small work is evidently the result of mueli thought, 

 labour, and ingenuity; and we are induced to notice it as being 

 adapted to facihtate the early acquisition of readiness and skill 

 m those numerical calculations which are requisite net only 

 in the usual avocations of commercial life, but also in die pur- 

 suits of science. The exercises supply a great variety of re- 

 creations, at once instructive and entertaining; and liom the 

 rational occupation and exercise which they furnish to the 

 mind, we are disposed to recommend them to the notice of 

 tliose who withhold from young people games of chance, as 

 being likely to be particularly useful in habituating young per- 

 sons to mental arithmetic, and in cultivating that quickness of 

 apprehension and combination v.hich are the best prepai-atives 

 for the successful cultivation of tlie higher branches of know- 

 ledge. The games are played v.-ith the assistance of aj->]5ro- 

 priate cards and counters; and we can add, from our attentive 

 observation, that children will take great interest and derive 

 much entertainm.ent from them. 



Meteorological Essays and Observations, by J. F. Daniell, 



1' . 1 V. o. 



Preparing for Publication. 

 We are very happy to learn that the first number of a 

 Zoological Journal, to be continued quarterly, and edited by 

 Thomas Bell, Esq. F.L.S., John George Children, Esq. 

 r.R. and L.S., James De Carle Sowerby,' Esq. F.L.S., and 

 G.B. Sowerby, F.L.S.,will a]ii)ear on the first of January next, 

 and trust that the study of Zoology will be essentially pro- 

 moted by it. ' 



ANALYSIS OF PERIODICAL WOIilCS ON NATURAL HISTORY. 



Soxi-erbi/s Mineral Conchologi/. Nos. 71, 72, 7;}, 7i. 

 Since our last notice of this v.ork (vol. Ixi. p. l.'.!,-;) tlie fiuuth 

 volume has been conclud.cil. The paper by Mr. Farey in 



p. MS 3 



