234 Recent Litcrafuye. \^h% 



scription, and the number of the paper in which thej- are described, as 

 entered in the bibliography. The new names number nearly looo, and 

 are arranged alphabetically by genera. 



Part V gives a tabular alphabetic 'List of Species figured' (pp. 105- 

 119), over 1000 in all, with the place "where figured, etc. 



A detailed index (forming Part VI) to the principal subjects in the 

 works and papers listed in parts I and II completes this admirably planned 

 and carefully executed bibliography of a most exceptionally extended 

 series of works and papers. 



Mr. Sclater's papers here catalogued relate by no means exclusively to 

 American birds, for they include man}' papers on the birds of the Old 

 World, and on general subjects in ornithology, and a very large number 

 treating of mammals, and include figures of many rare species from the 

 Gardens of the Zoological Society. The Bibliography will thus be of 

 great service to mammalogists, as well as of immense utility to students 

 of American birds. An excellent portrait of Mr. Sclater is given as a 

 frontispiece to the volume. — J. A. A. 



Newton's Dictionary of Birds: Part IV.' — This noble work must be 

 already well-known, by name at least, to all readers of ' The Auk,' for the 

 three previous Parts have been duly noticed as the}' successively appeared. 

 Its completion with Part IV gives occasion for congratulafions. But 

 whether these be now in order for its distinguished author alone is 

 another matter. We congratulate him upon this successful accomplish- 

 ment of long-cherished designs; upon this fruitage of well-laid plans for 

 the promotion of the science he adorns; upon well-earned respite from 

 arduous labors, at least for a time. Yet is every ornithologist, be he the 



1 Part I, A-Ga, pp. i-viii, map, pp. 1-304, 1893. I'^'^' H' Ga-Moa, title-leaf 

 and pp. 305-576, 1893. Part III, Moa-Sheathbill, title-leaf and pp. 577-832, 

 1894. Part IV, Sheathbill-Zygodactyli, title-leaf (verso instructions to binder) 

 and pp. 833-1088 + Half-title, Title, Dedication, Preface, Notanda et Corri- 

 genda = pp. i-xii + Introduction = pp. 1-124, 1896. 



For previous notices, see Auk, July, 1893, p. 308; Oct. 1S93, pp. 357-360; 

 Jan. 1894, pp. 56-60; Apr. 1895, pp. 169,170. The permanent title and 

 collation are : 



A I Dictionary of Birds | by | Alfred Newton ] assisted by | Hans Gadow | 

 with contributions from | Richard Lydekker | Charles S. Roy | . . . and | . . . 

 London ] Adam and Charles Black | 1893-1896 | i vol. 8vo. pp. i-xii (Half- 

 title, Title, Dedication, Preface, Notanda et corrigenda), pp. 1-124 (Introduc- 

 tion and Index thereto), pp. i-viii (Title to Part I, Note, etc.), 1-304 

 (Alphabet), Title to Part II and pp. 305-576 (Alphabet, with map opp. p. 311), 

 Title to Part III and pp. 577-832. (Alphabet), Title to Part IV and pp. 

 833-1058 (Alphabet), pp. 1059-1088 (Index) ; unnumbered figg. in text. Printed 

 by R. & R. Clark, limited, Edinburgh. Orig. Note to Part I dated March, 1893. 

 Preface dated Nov. 1896. Publication completed Nov. or Dec. 1896. 



