Recently published Ornithological Works. 459 



R. Whitty, B.A., M.D., Minna Lodge, Hunstanton, Norfolk ; 

 Major Charles L. Williams, M.D , Indian Medical Service, 

 Coirnbatore, South India; William C. Wright, Charlevoix, 

 Marlborough Park, Belfast; Lieut. Martin Young, 1st 

 Battalion York and Lancaster Regt., Mhow, India. 



Mr. A. J. Campbell, of Melbourne, was elected a Colonial 

 Member, and Geh. Hofr. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Blasius, of 

 Brunswick, was elected a Foreign Member of the Union. 



After a vote of thanks to the Council of the Zoological 

 Society of London for the use of their rooms had been 

 unanimously agreed to, the Meeting adjourned. 



The Annual Dinner, subsequently held at the Trocadero 

 Restaurant (Dr. F. DuCane Godman in the Chair), was 

 attended by twenty-four Members and one Guest. 



XXXIV. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



[Continued from p. 804.] 



62. Andre's 'Naturalist in the Guianas.' 



[A Naturalist in the Guianas. By Eugene Andre, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. 

 With a Preface by Dr. J. Scott Keltic London, Smith Elder & Co., 

 1904. 1 vol., 8vo.] 



The instructive paper on the birds of the Orinoco Region 

 by Count Hans v. Berlepsch and Mr. Hartert, published in 

 the ninth volume of ' Novitates Zoologicae ' (see f Ibis/ 1902, 

 p. 505), was partly based on a collection of 1800 skins made 

 by Mr. Eugene Andre on the Caura River, an important 

 tributary of the Orinoco. We have now a most interesting 

 account of the adventures met with by Mr. Andre while 

 engaged in the exploration of this little-known river and in 

 the formation of his collection. He did not, however, 

 confine his attention entirely to birds, but also obtained 

 many specimens of mammals, butterflies, and orchids. 



Mr. Andre is evidently a highly cultivated and well- 

 instructed man, with great enthusiasm for Natural History 

 in all its branches, and writes in excellent style. His 



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