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78. Seebohm on the Distribution of the Limicol<B. 



[The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriida}, or the 

 Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies. By Henry Seebohm. 4to. 

 London : Sotheran & Co., 1887.] 



This handsome work will^ we are sure, be received with 

 favour by all ornithologists, although they may not entirely 

 sympathize with the views which our energetic coadjutor 

 has put forward in it. For an account of these views, and 

 of the circumstances which have induced the author to bring 

 them before the public, we must refer our readers to Mr. 

 Seebohm^s preface — they are not easily explained in a few 

 lines. It must suffice to remark that they have resulted in 

 the production of a large quarto volume of more than 500 

 pages, beautifully illustrated, not only by numerous wood- 

 cuts inserted in the text, but also by 21 excellent coloured 

 plates, drawn by the cunning hand of Mr. Keulemaus. 

 Mr. Seebohm expressly disclaims the term of Monograph as 

 applied to his book, but diagnoses are given of all the species, 

 and sufficient remarks to render it very useful as a book of 

 reference. Amongst the species figured we may call special 

 attention to the Magellanic Plover {Pluvianellus sociabilis), 

 which for these last fifty years has been only known from 

 two specimens. In 1887, Mr. Young obtained a third 

 example out of a flock of five or six individuals in Tova 

 Harbour on the coast of Patagonia. 



We subjoin a complete list of the plates in this volume, 

 as named by Mr. Seebohm : — 



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