Opinions on ike "Avifauna of British / 



Jon wrot' \ on "The Birds of 



the world, in a conci^ 

 tatural arr; 



illy given his collection to ; 



naturalist who ; ,lish work 



and bo1 50 with such success that a copy of hi 



part of his great \vork has just been i bour 



k is apparent on of the In: 



popularize ornithology, woodcuts art- given "f tin- 

 ,:iesnot well known. The lithograph 

 credit for their work. The book is 

 ! written, admirably !, free from u; 



.tions. It contains ample descriptions <, habits, distri! 



nt of the text is also good. The article on each sj 

 I. Synonomy. 2. Description. 3. Habitat and Distribution. 4. (Jl 

 5- H i lastly, Nidification, as far as the materials within his reach would 



him. The author deserves all the encouragement possible fro 



behoves the Government, too, to help an undertaking which must have ithor 



immense labour, besides a large expenditure. To say the least, there is no work on 

 Indian ornithology which can be compared with the work now before the p 



laid all ornithologists under obligations to him. To any on-- 

 the study of ornithology the work is to be recommended, and it is to be ho- 

 ceive from Indian ornithologists the support it so emphatically desi : 

 third part of this work one of the most important and valuable contribution 

 ientific survey and record of that vast multitude of winged create: 

 ;id our attention, and in which many take more than an intelligent in 

 ~.>ued and completes the first volume. To how many moi 



woodcuts which enrich tl Dieted, wifl dec 



be an addition to our standard works in Natural History, and cannot be t<> alued. 



Its character, scope, and purpose mark it as one which should be in every public 1 

 or small, Indian or Continental. Mr. inly to be c 



, ements thus far. Bow&a: 



PRICE. Part III., R.s. 8; Vol. I., complete, Rs. 20; c 



\\ BIRDS; OR THE Av. BKITIM ITS DEIM 



BY \ , VOL. II., PAR i I. 



promised, the author of this most important work to orn;- 



with this number th. nd Introduction to Vol. I The number c ribed 



is now 596, and ai the rate the Education Soci- -timing t> 



:.ologists may expect to have the i aths. In the p 



number there are seven full-pa :.d the 



.inder uncoloured, one of which latter illu-- ntroduction. Too much < 



- :id of the introduction, except that Mr. M i. 



'. the whole of the subject-matter in t\ r closely pi 



the s 

 it ct account of th< 



rgans and 

 !>its of birds and their migration. A 



Allan 



Hume, Blanford, Theobal.: 

 of Khandeish, are al' % ly left out. 



ology of Sind" and numerous contnbuti- 



.entioned, though in :n the book. Mr. 



i further ]. iis introdi;. 



Ornithology of India 

 rch far and wi-'. 

 been already recorded, but in using this work will find it an un: 



them in adding to the pr '-h which 



nt hidden and unknou 

 In his Pr- 

 our Indian 



India." It will 



and t'ii f the rest:' 



of Indian birds, now t 

 Address at the Asiatic Soci -?al. 



