Bihlioijraphical S^otices. 479 



LV[. — /h'ofjnosis of a new Snhnpecies of Gazelle from British 

 Jumt Ajrica. Wy OldfieLD TiiOMAS. 



Qazella Grantii notata, subsp. ii. 



Closely allied inessential cliaracters to the typical O. Grantii, 

 Lut (listin:,niislR'(l Ly the greatt-r length, breadth and in- 

 tensity of both the dark and light lateral bands — the former 

 black, the latter light buff and edged above posteriorly with 

 a second dark band, less dark than the main lateral band, 

 but much darker than the centre of the back. Pygal band 

 broad, deep black. 



JIah. West slope of Lorogi Mountains, British East Africa. 



Type Brit. Mus. no. 97. 1. 30. 2. Killed Oct. 9, 1895. 

 Collected and presented by Arthur H. Neumann, Esq. 



This handsome gazelle has also been obtained in the same 

 region by ^Ir. II. IS. H. Cavendish. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



A Dictionarii of Birds. By Alfred Newtox, assisted by Haxs 

 Gadow ; with Contributions from 11. Lyuekker, C. S. Ror, aud 

 R. W. SuuFELDT. London : A. & C. Black. 



When the publication of the ninth edition of the ' Encyclopoedia 

 Britannica' was commenced many of its readers saw with dismay 

 the treatment accorded to the Birds ; but by the time the word 

 " Bullfinch " was reached a change of author had evidently taken 

 place, and an admirable series of articles followed over the initials 

 A. N. The most important of these was, perhaps, the treatise 

 entitled " Ornithology," aud suggestions were made in several 

 quarters that on the conclusion of the Encyclopaedia a revised issue 

 of these articles in octavo form would be desirable. By degrees 

 the publishers adopted this view, and in 1893 appeared Part I. of 

 the present work, while the end of 1896 witnessed the conclusion 

 of Part IV, It is hardly necessary to say that, owing to the self- 

 exacting character of Prof. Newton, the original articles formed 

 little more than a foundation, many of those in the present series 

 having practically been rewritten, while others have been added ; 

 the result being a work of which it would be difficult to speak too 

 highly. It is, moreover, a fascinating book, for a search under a 

 definite heading is sure to lead to the perusal of some other article, 

 perhaps far apart from the original objective — in which respect it 

 resembles Yule and Burnell's ' Glossary of Anglo-Indian Words,' or 

 the more severe ' Etymological Dictionary ' of Prof. Skeat. 



W^e do not think it too much to say that beyond all living ornitho- 

 logists Prof. Newton is familiar with the works of the earlier 



