ornithologist's text-book. 95 



(Philomela luscinia, Swains.), by Neville Wood, 

 Esq.," which contains many new facts regarding 

 this delightful songster, and is fuller than any de- 

 scription of it in standard ornithological works. At 

 p. 419 we have answered Mr. Strickland's objec- 

 tions to our nomenclature. Amongst the Critical 

 Notices in No. 12 are reviews of Swainson's admi- 

 rable Treatise on the Geography and Classification 

 of Animals, and of Mrs. Perrott's Selection of Bri- 

 tish Birds. 



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 been false modesty to have omitted all notice 

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The figures in this work are not characteristic, 

 and birds of different genera, and even different 

 orders, are figured on the same plate. The same 

 error is observable with regard to the eggs. Two 

 or ihree lines of description are given at the foot of 

 each plate. We cannot recommend the work to 



