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generally, and we may almost add universally, and 

 the " subgenera" will doubtless share the same fate. 

 When we see the Emberiza nivalis of Linneus, 

 called " Snow (Longspur) Bunting, Emberiza 

 (PlectrophanesJ nivalis"* we immediately recog- 

 nise the object, but when the " subgeneric" name 

 instead of being brought into use is stuck up at the 

 top of the page, it becomes a mere idle fancy. We 

 wish likewise that the generic name had been always 

 written at full length, and that the English name 

 had preceded, instead of succeeded the Latin name ; 

 and likewise that the English generic name had 

 accompanied the Latin, as in Fleming's work : all 

 these apparent trifles, would have conspired to 

 render the work plainer. The synonyms are, we 

 are glad to see, scrupulously exact, but in addition 

 to the authors, generally quoted, Temmink, Montagu, 

 and Selby, we think that either Audubon or Wil- 

 son, (the former would be preferable) had been also 

 referred to. A " Latin Index" as well as an 

 " English Index" is given, and both of them are 

 alphabetical. In the latter many of the provincial 

 names are included, and all these are marked in 

 italics ; these we think were not called for. Thus, 

 who w T ould think of looking for " Tit Lark" or 

 " Little Ring Dotrel" or " Brambling" — where is 

 even the tyro, we would ask, that would not know 

 to look for Pipit, Plover, and Finch ? Then again, 

 there should have been another index, in systematic 



See the Northern Zoology, VoL III. p. 248. 



