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adopted in the twenty-seven volumes of the Catalogue of the Birds in 
. the British Museum,” prepared by Mr. F. H. Waterhouse, under the direc- 
tion of Mr. Sclater. It was originally intended for private use, but its 
utility became so evident that the Club decided to print it as Volume IX 
of its Bulletin.’ For this decision the Club deserves the gratitude of 
all working ornithologists. A list of the 27 volumes, with the titles in 
full, and date ot publication, follows the Index, separately paged. The 
preface to the Index contains the following, which we are sure will interest 
not a few of the readers of ‘The Auk’: 
“The following Latin lines were composed by a member of the 
B. O. C. to commemorate the names of the eleven authors of the ‘ Cata- 
logue of Birds* :— 
De CaTALoGi Avium MAGNI SCRIPTORIBUS UNDECIM. 
Sharpius incepit, scripsitque volumina multa; 
Seebohmus sequitur, promptus ad auxilium. 
Teutonicus, zelo plenus, venit inde Gadovus, 
Salvinusque bonam prebet amicus opem. 
Jam Sclaterus adest, tria longa volumina complens, 
_ Americanarum notus amans avium. 
Expers Hargi/tus nunc Picos ordinat omnes, 
Hlartertusque sagax Cypselidas numerat. 
Multum etiam pense S#ed/eyz profuit ardor, 
Multum Saundersé mens operosa dedit. 
Clarus ab Italia jam Sa/vadorzus adstat, 
et tandem Granxtus fine coronat opus.” —J. A. A. 
Sharpe’s ‘ Hand-List of the Genera and Species of Birds.’ *— The pres- 
ent ‘ Hand-list’ of birds is a worthy successor to that of the late George 
Robert Gray, published also by the Trustees of the British Museum, in 
the years 1869-1871, which for many years was so serviceable to working 
ornithologists, and which has not yet lost its usefulness. This new 
1 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. Edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 
LL. D.— Vol. IX, Avium Generum Index Alphabeticus. London: R. H. 
Porter, 7 Princes Street, Cavendish Square. April, 1899. —8vo, pp. I-31. 
2A Hand-List | of the | Genera and Species | of | Birds | [Nomenclator 
Avium tum fossilium | tum viventium.] | By | R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL. D. | 
Assistant Keeper, Department of Zoology | British Museum | Volume I. | 
London: | Printed by order of the Trustees | Sold by | Longmans & Co., 39 
Paternoster Row, E. C.; |B. Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly, W.; Dulau & Co., 
37 Soho Square, W.; | Kegan Paul, Trench, Trtibner & Co., Charing Cross 
Road, W. C.;| and at the | British Museum (Natural History), Cromweil 
Road, S. W. | 1899 | All righits reserved. — 8vo, pp. i-xxi + I-303. 
