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text is printed on a heavy rag paper while the plates are beautiful repro- 

 ductions in color of the paintings of Messrs. Gronvold and Lodge. The 

 general plan of treatment consists of keys to the genera and species, syn- 

 •onymy and vernacular names of each species, full description of male, 

 female and young, distribution, nidification, general habits, and considera- 

 tion of the species as a game bird. Fifty-one species and subspecies are 

 treated, of which twenty-six are figured on the plates. The pigeons of 

 India present a great diversity of coloration, startUng to one famiUar only 

 with the few dull plumaged species to be found in North America. There 

 are fifteen different species of Green Fruit Pigeons ( Treronince) , five species 

 of the large green and gray Imperial Pigeons and one nearlj' pure white 

 (Carpophaginoe), the wonderful bronze green Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenadince), 

 the Emerald Dove {Phoebidoe), eleven True Pigeons (Columbince), sixteen 

 Ring Doves, Turtle Doves, etc. (Columbince) and the Indian Ground Dove 

 {Geopeliince) . 



The accounts are full and complete, and often furnish entertaining 

 Teading matter while the excellent descriptions, synonymy and beautiful 

 plates make the work important as a reference volume, and a magnificent 

 addition to any library of ornithological books. The nomenclature is 

 thoroughly up to date. — W. S. 



Menegaux's Reprint of the Ornithology of the Echo du Monde 

 Savant.' — The 'Echo du Monde Savant ' is one of the rarest and least 

 known of scientific periodicals. It was pubHshed in Paris from 1834 to 

 1846, but only a few complete files are preserved even there, while in Amer- 

 ica we know only of two incomplete sets, both in Washington — one in the 

 Patent Office Library and the other in that of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



The chief writer of ornithological articles was R. P. Lesson, who contrib- 

 uted from 1842 to 1845, while in 1836-7, I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire published 

 a ' Cours d'Ornithologie.' 



In Lesson's articles occur many new generic and specific names and it is 

 the frequent need of consulting these in present day systematic ornithologi- 

 •cal work, that makes a reprint such as Prof. Menegaux has imdertaken 

 jnost welcome. 



The reprint is well printed on good paper and is apparently carefully 

 prepared in point of accuracy of transcription. It is therefore particularly 

 unfortunate to find that it is not a complete collection of Lesson's publica- 



» Articles 1 d'Ornithologie | de | R. P. Lesson | Medecin, Pharmacien en Chef de 

 la Marine l Professeur a I'ficole de Mfidecine navale de Rochefort | Parus dans 

 V Echo du Monde Savant \ de 1842 a 184.5. | Retmpresslon faite par les soins | de | 

 A. Menegaux | Professeur agr€g6 de I'Universitg, | Assistand d'Ornithologie | ar 

 Museum d'Hlstoire Naturelle de Paris I Paris | Edition de la Revue Francaise 

 d'Ornithologie. \ 55, rue de Buffon, 55 1 En vente h. Munich | Chez MM. Dultz et 

 •Co, Libraires I 6, Landwehr.strasse, 6 I 1913. Svo. pp. 1-282. With frontispiece 

 portrait of Lesson. 10s. net. to subscribers. 



