14.2 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Bronn's ' Thierreich/ we already possess an excellent hand- 

 book to the muscular system of birds in general, and the 

 fact that it is written in German ought not now-a-days to be 

 any hindrance to its use. But it is difficult to reconcile Dr. 

 Shufeldt^s suggestion (p. vi of the Preface) that this is a 

 disadvantage, with his long quotations (in one case amount- 

 ing to eight pages) from the work in question, which are 

 not translated. A few notes are given upon the muscles of 

 birds other than the Raven, and some comparisons are made 

 with Reptilian and Mammalian muscles. These latter com- 

 parisons, however, consist almost exclusively of quotations 

 from Prof. Mivart's ' Elementary Anatomy.^ 



28. Spelman on a Collection of British Birds. 



[A descriptive Catalogue of William W. Spelman's Collection of Birds 

 shot in Norfolk and Suffolk prior to October 1888. 4to. 1888.] 



This is a catalogue of a mounted collection of specimens of 

 birds obtained in Norfolk and Suffolk, belonging to Mr. 

 William W. Spelman, of Bradeston House, Brundall. There 

 are 86 cases, containing examples of about 150 species. Mr. 

 Lowne, of Great Yarmouth, is the taxidermist who set them 

 up. The localities are in most cases exactly given. 



29. Stone on the Owls in the Collection of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



[Catalogue of the Owls in the Collection of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia. By Witmer Stone. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philad. 1890, p. 124.] 



We are much pleased to find some one is again at work at 

 the magnificent collection of birds in the Museum of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Mr. Stone, 

 who has already catalogued the Muscicapidse (see Proc. Phil. 

 Acad. 1889, p. 146), now gives us an account of the Owls, 

 of which the Academy appears to possess a good series, 

 though the numbers of the specimens are not given. A few 

 notes are added, besides the general localities. About 113 

 species and subspecies are enumerated as represented in the 

 Collection, 



