40 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
is quite possible therefore that, as regards the Cassowary just 
mentioned, we may have overlooked a remark of the author’s 
which, perhaps, definitely settles its identity. And here we cannot 
help observing that although Signor D’Albertis has shown himself 
to be a most energetic traveller and enthusiastic collector, he has 
little claim to be regarded as a scientific naturalist. To take the 
Birds only, he appears to know but little of their structure and 
affinities, and nothing of the points which await settlement 
and can only be settled by those who have opportunities of 
examining specimens in a living or recently-killed state. This 
is to be regretted, for Signor D’Albertis has had rare oppor- 
tunities which fall to the lot of but few—opportunities which 
should have enabled a trained observer to produce far more 
valuable results. ; 
Nevertheless we must not forget the many new and beautiful 
species which Signor D’Albertis has discovered, and which but 
for his energy and perseverance would probably be still unknown. 
In this respect he has rendered a service to Science for which all 
naturalists will thank him. The interesting account which he 
has given of his travels in the two volumes before us will be read 
with interest not only by zoologists, botanists, and ethnologists, 
but by all who desire to know something about one of the most 
remarkable and least explored countries in the world. 
Sir Andrew Smith's Miscellaneous Ornithological Papers, 1880-384. 
Reprinted for the Willughby Society. 1880. 
We have already noticed (Zool. 1880, pp. 159, 375) the ex- 
cellent aim of this Society. The present volume, the third of 
the series, contains a reprint of papers on Ornithology published 
fifty years since in ‘The South African Quarterly Journal,’ and 
hitherto practically inaccessible. 
The Editor, Mr. O. Salvin, in a neat Introduction, gives a 
brief accoant of Sir A. Smith’s labours as a naturalist, and of the 
nature and extent of his collections. 
