212 Bibliographical Notices. 



Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. By Dr. Andrew Smith. 

 Parts 16 & 17. 4to. Smith, Elder and Co., 1843. 

 The ornithological part of these numbers is devoted to the genus 

 Drymoica, of which fifteen species are described and figured, only two 

 being considered identical with the birds represented by Le Vaillant. 

 We have also a very interesting series of figures of a species of Naia, 

 exhibiting its variations and its young state, some of which are so 

 very dissimilar that we cannot wonder at their being kept distinct 

 by persons who have only seen specimens in spirits. We consider 

 the illustrative department improved, and some of the figures very 

 well finished. 



Preparing for Publication. 



Mr. Gray and Dr. Richardson are preparing a work on the fishes 

 of China, to be illustrated with figures taken from the living speci- 

 mens. It will appear in quarterly parts, in small folio. 



A new Dictionary of Natural History has been undertaken in Paris 

 under the auspices of M. Ch. D'Orbigny, entitled " Dictionnaire uni- 

 versel d'Histoire Naturelle." The new articles, not in any of the 

 previous dictionaries, are said to be not less than 20,000. The ety- 

 mology of scientific terms is to be given. There will be an atlas of 

 plates, and the whole will be preceded by an introduction containing 

 a detailed plan of the work, with the ancient history of the sciences, 



Mr. J. C. Bellamy, Author of " Natural History of South Devon," 

 has announced a work entitled. The Housekeeper's Guide to the Fish- 

 Market for each Month of the year ; and an account of the Fishes and 

 Fisheries of Devon and Cornwall, in respect of Commerce, (Economy, 

 Natural History, and Statistics. 



Hodgson's Zoology of Nipal : Mammalia. 



The prospectus is as follows : — " Mr. Brian Houghton Hodgson, 

 who has for some years past resided in an advantageous situation for 

 the collection and study of the various quadrupeds and birds of the 

 hills, proposes to publish by subscription a work, calculated alike to 

 satisfy the scientific and the sporting communities. 



" The drawings are admirably faithful, and comprise some 850 birds, 

 and 132 species and varieties of quadrupeds and their allies. The 

 text will furnish all procurable information as to the habits and in- 

 stincts of the subjects portrayed by the pencil ; and the author will 

 have the assistance of able co-operation in England*, where the work 

 will be got up in the best style, under the superintendence of Mr. 

 Frank Howard, who has produced Capt. W. C. Harris's ' Portraits 

 of African Animals.' 



" The first division of this work will contain 100 lithographic plates, 

 printed on super royal, folio, carefuUy coloured from the original 

 drawings, to appear in parts, each containing twenty plates, every 



* As it has been mentioned in the Indian Journals that Sir W. Jardine 

 would superintend the publication of Mr. Hodgson's work, it may be proper 

 to state here that there is no foundation for such a report. — Ed. 



