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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  nizable. 
  The 
  work, 
  when 
  complete, 
  will 
  form 
  a 
  lasting 
  

   testimony 
  to 
  the 
  zeal 
  and 
  energy 
  of 
  the 
  Professor 
  in 
  accumu- 
  

   lating 
  the 
  excellent 
  collection 
  of 
  Italian 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  '^ 
  Reale 
  

   Istituto 
  '' 
  in 
  Florence^ 
  upon 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  mainly 
  based. 
  

   Among 
  interesting 
  species 
  lately 
  figured, 
  we 
  may 
  call 
  at- 
  

   tention 
  to 
  Picus 
  li/fordi 
  from 
  Dalmatia, 
  Sitta 
  whiteheadi 
  

   from 
  Corsica, 
  Cypselus 
  affinis 
  and 
  Ruticilln 
  moussieri, 
  two 
  

   stragglers 
  upon 
  the 
  Italian 
  coast, 
  and 
  Caprimvlgus 
  asiaticus, 
  

   lately 
  taken 
  near 
  Genoa. 
  

  

  74. 
  Gordon 
  on 
  ' 
  Our 
  Country's 
  Birds.' 
  

  

  [Our 
  Country's 
  Birds 
  and 
  How 
  to 
  Know 
  Them. 
  A 
  Guide 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  

   Birds 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain. 
  By 
  W. 
  J. 
  Gordon. 
  With 
  an 
  Illustration 
  in 
  

   Colour 
  of 
  every 
  Species 
  and 
  many 
  original 
  Diagrams 
  by 
  G. 
  Willis 
  and 
  

   K. 
  E. 
  Holding. 
  8vo. 
  London 
  : 
  1892.] 
  

  

  ' 
  Our 
  Country^s 
  Birds 
  ' 
  is 
  certainly 
  an 
  ornithological 
  

   multum 
  in 
  parvo 
  of 
  no 
  ordinary 
  description. 
  All 
  the 
  383 
  

   " 
  British 
  Birds 
  " 
  are 
  described 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  volume 
  of 
  1 
  50 
  pages, 
  

   and 
  figured 
  in 
  32 
  coloured 
  plates. 
  Moreover, 
  chapters 
  are 
  

   given 
  on 
  " 
  sortation,^^ 
  ''identification,^' 
  and 
  "classification," 
  

   and 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  useful 
  information 
  besides. 
  Saunders's 
  

   Manual^ 
  is 
  certainly 
  more 
  to 
  our 
  taste, 
  but 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   figures 
  in 
  this 
  little 
  book 
  are 
  very 
  nicely 
  drawn, 
  and 
  its 
  

   author 
  is 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  evidently 
  quite 
  " 
  up 
  to 
  date.'' 
  

  

  75. 
  Harvie-Brown 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  the 
  Shetlands. 
  

  

  [Contributions 
  to 
  a 
  Fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Shetland 
  Isles. 
  Autumn 
  Notes. 
  By 
  

   J. 
  A. 
  Harvie-Brown, 
  F.R.S.E., 
  F.Z.S. 
  Ann. 
  Scottish 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  1893, 
  

   p. 
  9.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harvie-Brown 
  has 
  jjaid 
  two 
  visits 
  to 
  the 
  southern 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  Shetland 
  group 
  in 
  the 
  autumnal 
  months, 
  and 
  

   gives 
  us 
  as 
  the 
  results 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  84 
  species 
  of 
  birds 
  met 
  with, 
  

   and 
  notes 
  upon 
  them. 
  The 
  Raven 
  [Corvus 
  corax) 
  was 
  

   " 
  often 
  seen 
  in 
  dozens 
  and 
  half-dozens," 
  the 
  Merlin 
  {Falco 
  

   cesalon) 
  was 
  " 
  very 
  common," 
  and 
  several 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  

   Spotted 
  Crake 
  [Porzana 
  maruetta) 
  are 
  spoken 
  of. 
  

  

  