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Alston, Henry Seebohm, and others, several landscape views, nests of 

 the Osprey, and various text illustrations of native implements, etc., and 

 maps showing the routes traveled. 



The daily narrative of the experiences of these travellers and collectors 

 in these far northern and still little known regions, noting the progress 

 of the season, the arrival and nesting of the birds, the characteristics of 

 the country and the people, will he read with sympathetic interest by 

 many beyond the wide circle of ornithologists to which it immediately 

 appeals. — J. A. A. 



Wytsman's 'Genera Avium.' This important work 1 , proposed in 

 1903 (see Auk, XXI, 1904, p. 312), seems now well under way, the first 

 five parts having recently reached us for notice. Each part, restricted to 

 a single family, is paged separately, and is practically complete in itself. 

 Part 1. by Ernst Hartert, treats of the Eurylsemidse (pp. 8, 1 pi. col.); 

 Part 11. by P. Wytsman, of the Todidse (pp. 4. 1 pi. col.); Parts III. IV. 

 ami V. by T. Salvadori. treat respectively of the Stringopidae (pp. 2. 1 pi. 

 col.), Nestoriihe (pp. 3, 1 pi. col.), and the Cacatuidse (pp. 7, 1. pi. col.). 

 The text consists of a brief general account of the family, in regard to its 

 relationships and technical history, keys to the genera and species, with 

 their principal synonymy and geographical distribution. The work 

 will thus be of great convenience and value as a synopsis of the birds 

 of the world. It is edited by P. Wytsman, is published in English, and 

 the illustrations are by Keulemans. They give a full length figure of a 

 characteristic species, with head, feet ami other detail figures of a number 

 of other species, thus far all in color, and of course well executed. — J. A. A. 



'Ootheca Wooleyana.' We are glad to note the appearance of Part 

 III'- of this well-known work, comprising 'Columbse-Alcae.' It is of course 

 prepared on the well-considered lines of the previous parts. 1 In addition 

 to being a catalogue of the famous Wolley Collection, with authentic and 

 detailed records of the specimens, it comprises also extended notes on the 

 nesting habits and breeding ranges of the species, often to the extent of 

 eight to a dozen pages to a species, with many important editorial addi- 

 tions. The entry numbers included in the present volume are 2798 to 



'Genera Avium. Edited by P. Wytsman. with Contributions by Messrs. P. 1.. 

 Sclater, R. Bowdler Sharpe, W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, E. Hanert, C. E. Hellmayr, T. 



Salvadori. etc. 4to. with colored plates. Printed and published by Y. Yertemuil 

 & i.. Desmet, Brussells. Parts I-V, 1905. (Pt.I, 3/9; Pt. IE 3. 1; Pt. HE 2/ ■ 

 Pt. IV, 2/11; Pt. V. 6/0.) 



2 Ootheea Wolleyana: | An illustrated Catalogue | of the Collection of Birds' 

 Eggs formed by the hue John Wolley. Jim., M. A., E. Z. S. j Edited from the orig- 

 inal notes ; by | Alfred Newton. | - Part III. Columba-Alcse. | — | London: | 

 K. IE Porter. 7 Prince's Street, Cavendish Square. | M. C. M. V. | [Price £2 L's, net. 

 — Svo, pp. i-iv, 1-3S4. pll. col. xiv-xxi. 



s Part 1. Accipitres (including Striges), 1864; Part IE Picariae-Passeres, 1902. 



