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it, nor found any mention of it by other Naturalists? 

 except once or twice in Rennie's Architecture of 

 Birds, which w r e shall notice hereafter. — The same 

 may be said of Hayes' British Birds, and these 

 two works may fairly be considered undeserving of 

 attention. 



Some astonishment might be expressed at our 

 having omitted all notice of Sir Stamford Raffles, 

 but we answer that he, like Sir Hans Sloane, is 

 more known as a liberal patron of Natural Science, 

 and a collector, than as an author. See his Life, 

 by Lady Raffles. 



Fauna Groenlandica, by Otho Fabricius. 1790. 



A very useful work, and the more so on account 

 of its still remaining the sole description we possess 

 of the zoological productions of that country* 



Gemeinn'Mzige Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deut- 

 schlands, by J. M. Bechstein, M.D. 1791. 3 vols. 

 8vo. £\. 



An excellent work on the birds of Germany, 

 combining scientific detail, and popular descriptions 

 of habits and manners ; the second edition is much 

 improved. 



Ornithologisches Taschenbuch, by J. M. Bech- 

 stein, M.D.' Leipsic. 1802. 8vo. 



This work is also essential to the Ornithologist. 

 Many new genera were characterised by Bechstein, 

 and his descriptions are always accurate, and even 

 full, for the time at which he wrote* 



