ornithologist's text-book. 93 



The descriptions of species are often long and in- 

 teresting, and we cordially recommend this ex- 

 tremely cheap, useful, and interesting work to all 

 our readars. The Cyclopaedia has only advanced 

 as far as the letter E. 



The Analyst ; a Monthly Journal of Science, 

 Literature, and the Fine Arts. 2 vols. 8vo. Simpkin 

 and Marshall, London. 1834—5. £\. 



The Analyst is by far the best Magazine of the 



kind with which we are acquainted, and emanates 



from the town of Worcester. The latter numbers are 



rich in Ornithology, and the whole work deserves 



the attention of the scientific Naturalist, no less 



than of the general reader. We will now proceed 



to notice the ornithological articles and reviews in 



this invaluable Journal, in order that our readers 



may judge of its merits. At Vol. I, p. 82, is a long 



and very able review of Mudie's Feathered Tribes. 



At p. 98 is a review of Dr. Hastings's Illustrations 



of the Natural History of Worcestershire ; at p. 



139 ; of Dr. Shirley Palmer's Popular Lectures on 



the Veriehrated Animals of the British Islands. 



At p. 171, are " A few general observations on 



Natural History," by Mrs. Perrott ; at p. 189 are 



some delightful notes on " Insectivorous Birds" ; 



at p. 222 is a notice of the formation of a Natural 



History Society at Ludlow. At p. 248 are some 



" Memoranda respecting the nidification of the 



Common Wren," by Mrs. Perrott ; at p. 258 is a 



highly interesting paper " on the plumage, nest, 



and eggs of the Longtailed Tit (Par us caudatus)" 



in which the excellent name Corvus nudirostris 



fC.frugilegus, Lin.; C. prtedatorius, Rennie) is 



proposed. At p. 328 is a continuation of the notes 



on " Insectivorous Birds," besides an abstract of 



