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Many will rejoice to read in the introduction the sympathetic 

 recognition of the " Camera Sportsman." He quotes with 

 approval the view of Mr. Dugrnore, "The life of any animal, be 

 it bird or beast, is far more interesting than its dead body." 

 True words, and the writer of this notice wishes he had always 

 followed that maxim. 



A List of the Birds of Australia. By Gregory M. Mathews, 

 F.E.S.E., &c. Witherby & Co. 



A complete list to date of the birds of Australia, " containing 

 the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, 

 and subspecies" will be valued by all ornithologists. Mr. 

 Mathews has given his adhesion to what may be called the newer 

 nomenclature, including the use of trinomials, and there can 

 be little doubt that this advanced method has come to stay, 

 though it may seem somewhat foreign to many of us who have 

 been schooled in another method. The whole question is fully 

 discussed in the Introduction. 



As regards the vast stride made in a knowledge of the avi- 

 fauna of Australia, we are struck with the statement that " no 

 endemic land bird from Australia was known to Linne' when he 

 published his ' Systema Naturae' in 1758 and 1766"; and in 

 recognizing the early writings of Latham, most naturalists will 

 agree with Mr. Mathews in his conclusion that " there can be 

 no question as to who should be considered the ' grandfather ' of 

 Australian ornithology, conceding to John Gould the Australians' 

 tribute of ' father.' " 



The list has been very carefully and thoroughly compiled, 

 and possesses an excellent index. 



