496 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
utmost utility to all students of the avifauna of Southern 
Europe. Since that time the learned ornithologist of Turin has 
been occupied with the study of the birds of far-distant countries ; 
the enterprise of Italian naturalists in various quarters of the 
globe having furnished material for several books of the greatest 
scientific importance. The interest attaching to the Ornithology 
of Italy has, however, not been lost sight of in that country, 
and the pleasing task of forming a standard collection of Italian 
birds has been a labour of love to Professor Giglioli, of Florence, 
the results of whose studies are now given to the world in a 
bulky volume of 600 pages. 
This work has been published under the auspices of the 
Italian Minister of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce, and is 
one of the most important contributions to the ornithological 
literature of the day. Although primarily written for his 
countrymen, as a guide to the study of their own birds, the 
work will have a further significance, as it embodies the most 
complete catalogue of the birds of Italy yet published, and 
gives most careful details of the distribution and migrations 
of the species which visit that country. The Italian zoological 
region embraces, according to Professor Giglioli, not only the 
peninsula of Italy, but the islands adjacent, such as Malta, 
Linosa, Lampedusa, Lampione, and Pantellaria. These, with 
Sardinia and Sicily, form the insular province of the Italian 
region. The continental or northern province comprehends the 
Alps, Piedmont, Ticino, Lombardy, Emilia, Venice, Trentino, 
Istria, and the coast and islands of Dalmatia. On the west it — ? 
follows the Apennines to the Maritime Alps, and on the east 
terminates on the Adriatic near Rimini and Pesaro. The rest 
of Italy with Corsica forms the Peninsular or southern province. 
Of the 443 species of Birds recorded as Italian, 207 are residents, 
69 are summer and 86 spring visitants, 9 of regular passage, 8 of 
irregular passage, 28 of uncertain occurrence, 80 occasional 
stragglers, and 6 are doubtful. Great care has been bestowed 
on the collection of vernacular names, and altogether this work 
will be recognised as an authoritative volume 2 Dew of the 
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