﻿584 
  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  98. 
  A. 
  Newton 
  and 
  Gadoiv's 
  ' 
  Dictionary 
  of 
  Birds.' 
  

  

  [A 
  Dictionary 
  of 
  Birds. 
  By 
  Alfred 
  Newton, 
  assisted 
  by 
  Hans 
  Gadow 
  : 
  

   with 
  Contributions 
  from 
  Tlicliard 
  Lydekker, 
  Charles 
  S. 
  Roy, 
  and 
  Robert 
  

   W. 
  Shufeldt. 
  Part 
  I. 
  London 
  : 
  A. 
  & 
  C. 
  Black, 
  1893.] 
  

  

  Those 
  who 
  are 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  ornithologieal 
  essays 
  

   hidden 
  away 
  in 
  the 
  mighty 
  series 
  of 
  volumes 
  which 
  consti- 
  

   tute 
  the 
  ninth 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Encyclopaedia 
  Britannica 
  ' 
  will 
  

   rejoice 
  at 
  the 
  opportunity 
  now 
  afforded 
  to 
  them 
  of 
  securing 
  

   a 
  new 
  and 
  augmented 
  edition 
  of 
  these 
  excellent 
  treatises 
  in 
  

   a 
  uniform 
  and 
  portable 
  shape. 
  Taking 
  these 
  articles 
  as 
  a 
  

   foundation. 
  Prof. 
  Newton 
  ''has 
  tried, 
  first 
  to 
  modify 
  them 
  

   into 
  something 
  like 
  continuity, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  alphabetical 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  will 
  admit, 
  and 
  next 
  to 
  supplement 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   calation 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  greater 
  number, 
  be 
  they 
  short 
  or 
  long, 
  to 
  

   serve 
  the 
  same 
  end/^ 
  Of 
  these 
  additions 
  Prof. 
  Newton, 
  in 
  

   his 
  preface, 
  calls 
  special 
  attention 
  to 
  those 
  furnished 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Gadow, 
  Avhieli, 
  as 
  he 
  correctly 
  states, 
  " 
  bring 
  up 
  the 
  

   anatomical 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  to 
  a 
  level 
  previously 
  

   unattained,^' 
  and 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  assistance 
  to 
  

   the 
  many 
  enquiring 
  ornithologists 
  who 
  have 
  not 
  paid 
  special 
  

   attention 
  to 
  ornithotomy. 
  

  

  Numerous 
  well 
  -executed 
  woodcuts 
  illustrate 
  the 
  Dictionary, 
  

   amongst 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  

   Swainson's 
  facile 
  pencil, 
  borrowed 
  from 
  his 
  ' 
  Classification 
  of 
  

   Birds.' 
  In 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  " 
  Zoo-geographical 
  Kegions,'' 
  Avliich 
  

   is 
  prefixed 
  to 
  the 
  volume, 
  we 
  regret 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  Nearctic 
  and 
  

   Palaearctic 
  Regions 
  united 
  under 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  " 
  Holarctic.^' 
  

   This 
  is 
  a 
  concession 
  to 
  the 
  exaggerated 
  deductions 
  of 
  certain 
  

   recent 
  American 
  writers 
  which 
  we 
  cannot 
  approve, 
  and 
  which 
  

   may 
  be 
  refuted 
  from 
  their 
  own 
  statistics. 
  

  

  The 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  Dictionary 
  will 
  be 
  looked 
  for 
  with 
  

   anxiety 
  by 
  all 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  birds. 
  

  

  99. 
  E. 
  Newton 
  and 
  Gadow 
  on 
  Fossil 
  Birds' 
  Bones 
  from 
  

   Mauritius. 
  

  

  [On 
  additional 
  Bones 
  of 
  the 
  Dodo' 
  and 
  other 
  Extinct 
  Birds 
  of 
  Mauritius 
  

   obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Theodore 
  Sauzier. 
  By 
  Sir 
  Edward 
  Newton, 
  K.C.M.G., 
  

   F.L.S., 
  C.M.Z.S., 
  and 
  Hans 
  Gadow, 
  Ph.D., 
  M.A., 
  F.R.S., 
  F.Z.S. 
  Trans. 
  

   Zool. 
  Soc. 
  vol. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  281.] 
  

  

  