Recently published Ornithological Works. 455 



Orthonyx spaldingi in N.E. Queensland. The latter builds a 

 dome-shaped nest and lays white eggs. 



92. Reid on the Birds of the Lucknow Museum. 



[Catalogue of the Birds in the Provincial Museum, N.W. P. and Oudh, 

 Lucknow, on the 1st April, 1880. Allahabad : 1890. 1 vol. 8vo, 

 358 pp.] 



This volume gives a list of the specimens of Indian birds 

 in the Lucknow Museum, about 5360 in number, repre- 

 senting 783 species, with an accurate record of their localities. 

 Jerdon's arrangement is followed. The species not included 

 in that work are described in an appendix. References are 

 also given to the volumes of the B. M. Catalogue where 

 published. 



93 Ridgway' s 'Birds of Illinois.' 



[The Ornithology of Illinois. Part I. Descriptive Catalogue. By 

 Robert Ridgway. Part II. Economic Ornithology. By S. A. Forbes. 

 Volume I. Published by Authority of the State Legislature. Springfield, 

 111.: 1889.] 



Mr. Ridgway is a native of Illinois, having been born at 

 Mount Carmel, in the S.E. part of that State, and mainly 

 resident there until 1867. No better qualified person there- 

 fore could have been found to undertake the task of com- 

 piling an account of the birds of Illinois. Moreover, the 

 Bird collection of the U. S. National Museum under his 

 charge contains " thousands of specimens from Illinois, con- 

 tributed by various naturalists now or formerly residing in 

 the State." Mr. H. K. Coale of Chicago, whose industry 

 in collecting and observing birds is known to many of us, 

 has also placed " his note-books, full of valuable records," at 

 the " author's disposal." 



In the Introduction are described, first, the physical 

 features of the State, which are generally of a very simple 

 nature, the highest point at the northern border only reach- 

 ing some 1100 feet above the sea-level, and the whole extent 

 presenting a gradual slope to the south-east. While the 

 northern portion is (or was) uniform prairie, the southern is 



