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less than eight plates, was issued monthly, it would 

 be a far greater satisfaction to the purchasers, and 

 one should suppose, be more satisfactory to the 

 author. No plate should, on any account whatever, 

 contain the eggs of more than one species. With 

 these few hints we take leave of the author, wishing 

 him that success he so richly deserves. 



The British Warblers : an account of the genus Silvia : illustrated 

 by beautifully colored figures taken from living specimens in the 

 author's collection : By Robert Sweet. 16s. 6d. 1823. 



This volume consists of 144 pages, and 16 plates. 

 The plates of the birds, are, excelling perhaps 

 the two Chats (Rubetr a, ) and two of the Fauvets 

 (Ficedula,) painfully stiff and unnatural : the flow- 

 ers and stalks on which they stand are far more 

 natural, and are very well executed. This circiun- 

 stance is easily accounted for : for besides the well- 

 known fact that flowers are far more easy to repre- 

 sent than birds, the execution of the plates was 

 most injudiciously intrusted to a botanical draughts- 

 man. Sixteen birds are figured and described, 

 namely, the two Chats (Rubetra,) a Redstart 

 (Ruticilla,) the Nightingale (Philomela,) the four 

 Fauvets (Ficedula,) the three Warblers (Silvia,) 

 the Whinling ( Melizophilus,) the Locustel (Locus- 

 tella,) the two Reedlings (Salicaria,) and the 

 Wheatear (Vitiflora.) It will thus be seen that the 

 Redbreast (Rubecula.) the Dunnoc (Accentor,) and 



