388 ^fisceRa>}cou.<t, 



The Bir'ls of Ireland . By Kichakd Ussher ami I{obkrt Warken. 

 Guriiey & Jackson, London, lUUU. 



A KKW history of the birds of Ireland, thoroughly up to date, has 

 long been needed. That want has now been supplied, with a 

 completeness that leaves nothing to be desired, in the volume now 

 before us. It is a model of what such a book should be, for it is 

 something more than a register of names of birds wliich may be 

 found and looked for within the boundaries of Irish territory. Its 

 pages teem with facts, and so well presented that they form the 

 most delightful reading. Lovers of outdoor life, and of bird -life in 

 particular, will turn to this volume again and again with a sense of 

 delicious enjoyment, even though they be not specially interested in 

 the birds of Ireland. The whole book shows that the authors have 

 an intimate — we may say a peculiarly intimate — knowledge of their 

 subject, for almost every page records some new fact or observation 

 on the habits of birds and their surroundings. It might very well 

 serve as a textbook on the habits and instincts of birds. 



The illustrations comprise a coloured plate, maps, numerous full- 

 page plates, and vignettes, all of which are excellent. 



W. P. Ptcraft. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Xotes on the Dates of Publication of the Natiwal History portions of 

 some French Voyages, — Part I. ^ Amerique me'ridionale ' ; '■ Indes 

 orientales'; 'Pole Sial' C- Astrolabe' and ' Zelee') j 'La Bonite' ; 

 'La Coquille' ; and 'L'Uranie et Physicienne.' By C. Davies 

 SfljiRBORN, F.Z.S. &c., and B. B. Woodward, F.L.S. &c. 



' Yoyage dans I'Amerique meridionale,' &c. Par A. d'Orbigxt. 



Tom. III., pt. 4. Paleontologie, by Orbigny. 188 pp. Issued in 1842. 



A portion of this work, entitled ' Coquilles et Echino- 



dermes fossiles de Colonibie ' (4to, Paris, 1842), was issued 



earlier in the same year by d'Orbiguy. 



IV., pt. 2. Mammalogie, by Orbigny and Gervais. 32 pp. 1847. 



Wiegmann, Archir, 1848, p. 1-13. 

 IV., pt. 3. Oiseaux, by Orbigny. 395 pp. 



pp. 1- 48. 1835. 'Wiegmann, Arch. 1836, p. 102. 



49-ir)8. 1837. Id 18.38. pp. 370 & 380 ; 1839, p. 234. 

 1.^9-232. 1838. Isis, 1839. p. 406. 

 233-3.52. ? 



303-39.'). 1847. Wiegmann, Arch. 1848, ii. p. 10; Isie, 

 1847, p. 910. 

 [A detailed description of the bird part already issued appeared in 'Isis,' 

 1839, p. 406 &c. ; it says that up to p. 232 had appeared by " Lieferung 35, 

 1835 " — but the statements of Wiegmann seem more reliable a.s to the earlier 

 pages, th' ug'i it es-tablishes the publication of p 232 by 1839 ; besides, Lief. 35 

 could not hive appeared until the end of 1837, as Lief. 1 was issued only in 

 Jan. 18351; it appeared Oct. 1838, see Compt. Eendus, 1838, Oct., p. 726.] 



Tom. v., pt. 1. Reptiles, bv Orbignv and Bibron. 12 pp. 



i847. Wiegmann, Arch. 1848, p. 196. 



