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as to embrace the latest observations. Its acqui- 

 sition is consequently essential to the possessors 

 of the original work. To the general Ornitholo- 

 gist it will also be desirable on account of the 

 numerous and just observations with which it is 

 interspersed, relative to the arrangement of birds, 

 and to the value of the groups into which they 

 have been divided." — Zool. Joutm. 



Taschenbuch der Deutschen Vogelkunde, and 

 Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deutschlands, by Drs. 

 Meyer and Wolf. Francfort. 1810. 2 vols. 8vo. 



An excellent and original work on the birds of 

 Germany. The first volume is by Dr. Wolf, and 

 contains the land birds. The second volume, con- 

 taining the water birds, is by Dr. Meyer. The 

 Ornithologist should possess this work. 



Prodromus Mammalium et Avium, by J. C. G. 

 Illiger. Berlin. 8vo. 1811. 



We have not seen linger' s Prodromus, and can- 

 not therefore give any account of it. Illiger was 

 a Professor of Berlin, and died young. 



Fauna Orcadetisis, or Natural History of the 

 Quadrupeds, Reptiles, and Fishes of Orkney and 

 Shetland, by the Rev. George Low. 4to. Edin- 

 burgh. 1813. 



The Ornithologist should not be without this 

 work, as a fauna of these islands assists in deter- 

 mining how far the various species of native and 

 migratory British birds extend to the north. 



