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dred large Svo volumes of about Soo pages each. The general editorship 

 has been undertaken by Prof. F. E. Schulze, of Berlin, and the publica- 

 tion by Messrs. R. Friedlander and Son. According to the prospectus 

 the Class Aves has been assigned to able hands. For example, it is 

 announced that Graf Hans von Berlepsch will write the parts relating 

 to the Icteridse, Tanagridse, Dendrocolaptiche, and Tyrannidae ; Mr. Ernst 

 Hartert, those relating to the Micropodida?, Trochilidae, Caprimulgidae, 

 and Podargidse; Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, the Phasianidae ; Dr. Reichenow, the 

 Sturnidse, Ploceidse, and Psittacidae : Mr. L. W. Rothschild, the Para- 

 diseidit ; Dr. R. B. Sharpe, the Vulturidse, Falcon id;c, and the Strigidae. 

 The work will comprise the synonymy, short descriptions, and geo- 

 graphical range of every known species of animal, with diagnoses of 

 the higher groups, etc. A ' Probe-Lieferung,' by Dr. O. Biitschli, of the 

 Heliozoa, has been issued. The arrangement of the matter, in respect 

 to typography, is excellent, and the general make-up is very attractive. 

 Orders for the work should be addressed to R. Friedlander and Sohn, 

 Carlstrasse, 11. Berlin, N. W. 



Miss Florence A. Merriam's papers on ' How Birds A.ffect the Farm 

 and Garden," noticed in this issue, have been republished by the ' Forest 

 and Stream ' Publishing Company as a 32-page pamphlet, which can be 

 procured of the publishers (,318 Broadway, New York City) at the nomi- 

 nal price of five cents per copy ; special prices being made to individuals 

 or Bird Protection Societies, who may wish it in quantities for distribu- 

 tion. 



We learx that the concluding ' Part IV of Professor Alfred Newton's 

 excellent 'Dictionary of Birds' is already in press, and that its early 

 publication may be expected- 



As we go to press we are in receipt of Volume XXIV of the British 

 Museum ' Catalogue of Birds.' containing the Limicolas, by Dr. R. Bowdler 



Sharpe. It forms a thick volume of over 800 pages, with seven colored 

 plates. 



We are also pleased to announce the appearance of the second part 

 of Captain Bendire's ' Life Histories of North American Birds,' — a vol- 

 ume of 500 pages and seven plates, containing about 200 figures. It 

 includes the species from the Parrots to the Grackles. 



