Recently published Ornithological Works. ■i'77 



as recognized and described in Mr. Dresser's great work 

 ' The Birds of Europe/ now being brought to a conclusion, 

 has been prepared for use as a "^ check-list for labelling and 

 for reference in making exchanges/' and will be of great 

 service to ornithologists. The species enumerated are 623. 



Mr. Dresser says that he has "followed Prof. Huxley's 

 classification.^' As regards the use of the three terms "iEgi- 

 thognathse, Desmognathse, and Schizognathae " as primary 

 divisions of the Carinatse^ this is, no doubt, the case. But 

 there the resemblance between Prof. Huxley's system and 

 that employed by Mr. Dresser seems to come to an end. 

 Mr. Dresser's systematic terms appear to be taken in nearly 

 every case from those employed in the " Remarks on the Sys- 

 tem a Avium," published in this Journal last year. The ap- 

 plication of the term " Grallaj " to the Rallidae and Gruidse 

 ( = Geranomorph8e of Huxley) is certainly quite novel, as is 

 the collocation of Otis with the Limicolse. Taken on the 

 whole, however, Mr. Dresser's systematic arrangement is not 

 one that we are disposed to find much fault with. 



62. Eudes-Deslong champ's ' Paradise-birds of the Caen Mu- 

 seum.' 



[Catalogue descriptif des Oiseaux du Musee de Caen appartenant a la 

 famille des Paracliseidce. Animaire du Musee d'Hist. Nat. Caen, vol. i. 

 pp. 0-48.] 



This seems to be an abstract of the account of the 

 Paradise-birds in Mr. Sharpe's Catalogue (Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. vol. iii.), translated into French, and accompanied by 

 a list of the specimens of each species in the Museum of 

 Caen. 



63. Eudes-Deslongchamps on the Trochilidce. 



[Catalogue descriptif des Oiseaux du Musee de Caen appartenant a la 

 Famille des Trochilides ou Oiseaux-Mouches. Annuaire du Musee d'Hist. 

 Nat. Caen, vol. i. pp. 59-5.34.] 



This is the first part of a descriptive catalogue of the Tro- 

 chilidse, and gives a list of the specimens of each species in 

 the Museum of Caen. The classification is that of Bonaparte's 



