Recent Ornithological Publications. 219 



have thought, was perfectly well known. Stilly this, and a few 

 other imperfections of less importance, docs not hinder the 

 work from being one of the greatest interest. 



Mr. Tristram's book on the Natural History of the Bible * 

 only requires a brief notice here, for we believe that his writings 

 are fully and deservedly appreciated by our readers. • It will be 

 sufficient to remark that this compendious little volume, as 

 might be expected from an author so thoroughly acquainted 

 with his subject, contains a very complete account of the matters 

 of which he treats, and is an excellent example of a scientific 

 w^ork written in a popular style. It is certainly the best book 

 on Bible Natural History that has ever appeared, and it will 

 ])robably long eojoy that preeminence. As regards Ornithology, 

 which occupies nearly a fifth of the volume, there is little left to 

 be desired. Most of the woodcuts with which it is illustrated 

 have appeared before ; but these are from the pencil of Mr. 

 VV\)lf, and therefore not to be surpassed. The new ones are not 

 so successful, being by a very inferior artist, as witness the 

 figures of the Collared Turtle (p. 217), Hey's Partridge (p. 277), 

 and the Senegal Sand-Grouse (p. 229). On the whole we can 

 most conscientiously recommend the work, and we look forward 

 with more interest than before to the Manual on the Fauna and 

 Flora of Palestine which Mr. Tristram is preparing for publica- 

 tion by the Ray Society. 



Mr. A. Leith Adams has wandered to some purpose in India, 

 arid has produced a very fairly written and readable book f, of a 

 knid veiy much wanted in that country. We have had no end 

 of voluuies on Indian wild sports, written by men who know a 

 great deal about shooting but who are no naturalists. This is 



• The Natural History of the Bible : being a Review of the Physical 

 Geography, Geology, and Meteorology of the Holy Land ; with a descrip- 

 tion of every Animal and Plant mentioned in Holy Scriptm-e. By II. B. 

 Tristkam, M.A., F.L.S., &c. London: 1867. 12mo, pp. 51(3. 



t Wanderings of a Naturalist in India, the Western Himalayas and 

 Cashmere. By A. Leith iVDAMS, ]M.B., Surgeon, of II. M. ii'nd Kegi- 

 ment. Edinburgh : 1807. 8vo, pp. 333. 



