340 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
Prince and Princess of Wales and under the Presidency of 
Col. W. V. Leg^e^ while the names of the other office-bearers 
form a guarantee of future excellence. The Editors (Messrs. 
A. J. Campbell and H. Kendall) have provided papers of a 
popular, as well as of a scientific, nature — wisely endeavouring 
to attract thereby all sorts and conditions of the widely- 
scattered bird-lovers of the Continent ; while coloured plates 
are promised in the future, if funds permit, to replace or 
augment the reproductions of photographs temporarily 
utilized. 
The first number contains an account of the meetings 
which led to the formation of the Union, with a photographic 
reproduction of the signatures of the ornithologists present 
on Nov. 7th, 1900; the second a report of the Inaugural 
Session of Oct. 31st, 1901, with the President's address ; 
while both comprise articles by well-known Australian 
ornithologists, and conclude with memoranda under various 
permanent headings, such as " Forgotten Feathers," " Stray 
Feathers," ^^From Magazines," '^'^ Reviews/^ and "About 
Members." 
49. Finn's ' Birds of Calcutta.' 
[The Birds of Calcutta. By F. Finn. Sm. 8vo. Calcutta, 1001. 
Pp. 1-89. Price 2s. net.] 
This little book, which is pleasantly written in a popular 
and slightly jocose style, contains articles originally printed 
in ' The Asian ^ on twenty -four kinds of birds. The titles 
being given in English, the author has managed to include 
under each heading various species which, among Anglo- 
Indians at Calcutta, go by the same appellation, while he 
generally gives the native names also. The habits of the birds 
are by no means neglected, and stories in connexion with 
them brighten the pages. The plumage, nests, and eggs are 
described with sufficient exactitude, and the pamphlet will 
doubtless be of great use to residents or visitors who are 
tyros in the science of ornithology. 
