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selected chiefly from the classes of Ornithology, 

 Entomology, and Conchology; and arranged on 

 the principle of Cuvier and other modern Zoolo- 

 gists." It might perhaps almost be deemed pre- 

 sumption to offer any remarks on a work emanating 

 from the pen and pencil of undoubtedly the first 

 Ornithologist of the day, but we feel it our duty to 

 give our readers some idea of the contents of the 

 Zoological Illustrations. It will be sufficient if 

 we mention that the coloured figures of birds then 

 were, and still are, almost unrivalled. They are 

 certainly not surpassed by the highly-lauded 

 plates of Audubon — of which hereafter — but are 

 perhaps equalled by those of Gould. The figures 

 are beyond conception lovely and delicate, and 

 it only remains for us to remark, that every 

 philosophic Ornithologist must possess the Zoo- 

 logical Illustrations, if indeed they are now to be 

 had. 



Naturalises Guide, for collecting and preserving 

 subjects of Natural History, particularly shells; by 

 William Swainson, Esq., F.R.S. and L. S.W.Wood, 

 London. 1822. 12mo. 5s. 6d. 



x\n interesting and highly useful guide to all 

 those who wish to collect and preserve objects of 

 Natural History, in tropical as well as in temperate 

 climates, and we recommend it to the special at- 

 tention of the ornithological collector. 



Fauna Boreali Americana, or Zoology of North 

 America, by J. Richardson, M.D., and Wm. Swain- 

 son, Esq. London. 4to. 1831. Vol.11. £4. 4s. 



The second volume of this splendid work treats 



