162 THE ORNITHOLOGICAL GUIDE. 



numbers are now wanting to complete this enterprise, 

 which contains much to interest the ornithologist no 

 less than the general reader, by the numerous local 

 observations and exact descriptions. The lithogra- 

 phic figures are by the hand of a master, and the 

 coloring is sufficiently careful. Some new species 

 are here described and figured for the first time. 



Ornithologia Toscana, par Paolo Savi; 3 vols, in 

 8vo. This work of Savi is very interesting on 

 account of the local observations with which it 

 abounds, and for details of the migratory species in 

 the part of Italy to which it relates. 



Charles Bonaparte is bringing out a new work 

 called Iconograjia della fauna italica, Rome, 1832. 



This beautiful work is in 4to, of which four or 

 five numbers have appeared. It is intended to 

 include all classes of the animal kingdom, or all 

 the animals found in Italy ; this great enterprise 

 does honor to its talented projector. The plates of 

 the different classes of animals are lithographed 

 with care, and well colored ; those o*f the fish in 

 particular, are absolutely unexceptionable. As yet 

 very few birds have been figured, one plate in each 

 number. The text is excellent, and the whole work 

 well got up. We have only one fault to find with 

 this successful undertaking, namely, the length of 

 time which elapses between the appearances of the 

 numbers : in all other points it is perfect. 



