Recently 'published Ornithological Works. 669 
statutes, until there are but few exceptions to the rule. 
The author has recast the part of his work on the use of 
birds for millinery purposes, and has subjoined a chapter 
on the possession and sale of birds. Material additions 
have been made in other portions of the pamphlet, and a 
table is given of the dates of the laws^ together with new 
diagrams and other improvements. The Federal Laws^ the 
several State Laws^ and those of Canada are given in full 
(see Ibis, 1901, p. 140). 
126. Richmond on new Generic Terms for Birds. 
[List of Generic Terms proposed for Birds during the Years 1890 to 
1900, inclusive, to which are added names omitted by Waterhouse in his 
' Index Generum Avium.' By Charles W. Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. 
Mus. xiv. pp. 663-729, 1902.] 
Mr. Waterhouse^s excellent ' Index Generum Avium ' 
provides a most useful list of the generic names proposed in 
the Class of Birds from the time of Linnaeus to the middle 
of 1889. Mr. Richmond supplements this work by giving 
us a list of the generic names proposed since that date 
up to the end of 1900, and at the same time by adding 
certain names omitted in the former list. The newly 
instituted names are 475 in number, and those overlooked 
by Mr. Waterhouse are 200, so that altogether 675 are 
enumerated in the present work. In Mr. Richmond's 
List_, not only is an exact reference given to the volume in 
which each name was published, but the typical species is 
designated, while the family to which the genus is re- 
ferable and an explanation of the term employed are also 
added ; so that the paper is most useful and complete, and 
will be of great value to working ornithologists. 
The List ends with a catalogue of the generic terms con- 
tained in it, arranged under the heads of the families to 
which they belong. 
127. Seth- Smith on Parrakeets. 
[Parrakeets ; being a practical Handbook to those Species kept in 
Captivity. By D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. Part I. Pp. 1-40 ; 
4 coloured plates. Royal 8vo. London : R. H. Porter. Price Qs. net.] 
jNIr. Seth-Smith sends us the first number of his new book 
