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Recent Ornithological Publications. 



Prey, which he has been so long and so industriously forming at 

 Norwich. The portion which has appeared contains an enumera- 

 tion of the different specimens of the three families, Serpent- 

 eaters, Caracaras, and Vultures, therein exhibited, together with 

 some well-compiled remarks on each species, either original or 

 selected from the best authorities. The following tabular result 

 will show the extraordinary wealth of the collection : — 



Of these 157 specimens, no less than 136 have the letter 

 " G " affixed to them in the Catalogue, indicating that they have 

 been presented to the museum by Mr. Gurney himself, whose 

 munificence, we trust, is appreciated by the good people of Nor- 

 folk and Norwich, though we rather fear not to the extent it 

 o\ight to be *. 



The publications of the Zoological Society of London continue 



* We may as well add, from the Catalogues drawn up by Messrs. Cas- 

 sin, G. R. Gray, Schlegel and Von Pelzeln, a comparative view of the 

 same groups in the collections over which they respectively preside : — 



Of course, very great additions have been made, since the publication of 

 the Catalogues, both to the British Museum and that of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences ; and regard will also be had to the fact that very different 

 ideas of the word " species " obtain, so as in some cases materially to affect 

 the returns. 



