OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" We hail with pleasure the issue of the first part of this 

 excellent work, which is just what a handbook ought to be. 

 Every species is shortly and plainly described, and references 

 are given to all works bearing upon Burmese ornithology. A 

 short account of the habits and nesting (where known) is always 

 added. Mr. Oates's useful volume will be much appreciated by 

 the students of the ornis of British Burmah, who with its aid 

 will have no difficulty in recognizing the native species." The 

 Ibis. 



" Another most useful ornithological work has also just made 

 its appearance in Mr. Eugene Oates's ' Handbook to the Birds 

 of British Burmah.' .... One great characteristic of this book 

 is its conciseness. In the present volume of 430 pages, four 

 hundred species are disposed of, and yet the principal references 

 are given, as well as descriptions of all the species. In fact, the 

 book quite comes up to our idea of what a model f handbook ' 

 should be; and there is no doubt that it will be simply invaluable 

 to the collector in British Burmah, within whose reach it is 

 placed by the exceedingly modest price at which it is published. 

 All workers in the field of Indian and Indo-Malayan Ornithology 

 will not be able to do without this most useful volume."- 

 Nature. 



