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author did not alter: the Barred Woodpecker 

 is especially bad: it looks as if cut out of paste- 

 board. All these are heedlessly copied in other 

 works as readily as those which are good. I may 

 also mention the Pine Thickbill (Densirostra enu- 

 cleatorj and the Tawny Lavroc ( Coridalla fusca) 

 as unworthy the name of Bewick. A few have 

 been executed by Miss Tbevelyax: the Alpine 

 Abem is especially creditable to her talent in this 

 line. Among the water birds I have detected only 

 two failures — the Common Gull, and the Forktailed 

 Petrel. In the present (7th) edition we are glad to 

 find that the supplement, addenda, &c, have been 

 incorporated. There are likewise fourteen spirited 

 woodcuts of foreign birds at the end, which are so 

 beautifully executed, that it makes us regret their 

 author did not include foreign birds as subjects for 

 his pencil. Bewick was born August 12th, 1753, 

 and died November 8th, 1828. 



The Birds of Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, 

 and painted from Nature ; also their eggs the whole accompanied by 

 the natural history of each species : by William Lewix, 4 vols. 

 4to. 1795-1809. 



The " Natural History of species," professing to be 

 " from upwards of twenty years observation in the 

 field of Nature," are little more than descriptions 

 of feathers, together with two or three meagre notes 

 on the habits: we shall subjoin a fair sample, 

 selecting that merry little flatterer the Blue Tit ; 



