ornithologist's text-book. 193 



Temminck's Dunlin (Tringa Temminckii) , all of 

 which are well executed. 



The vignettes are in a very finished style, but 

 have none of the character and spirit of those of 

 Bewick. The nomenclature also is extremely 

 faulty, and, under the cut of the Bluethroated 

 Fantail, we actually find " Ficedula Suecica, Lin- 

 NjEus" ! Such defects, however, can scarcely be 

 said to detract from the value of a work of this 

 kind, and we cordially recommend the publication 

 to the notice of our readers. Two more monthly 

 numbers, forming one octavo volume, will com- 

 plete the work. 



The Analyst; a Quarterly Journal of Science, 

 Literature, Natural History, and the Fine Arts. 

 Vol. III. London: Simpkin and Marshall ; Curry, 

 Jun. & Co., Dublin ; Barlow, Birmingham. 1836. 

 8vo. Bds. 9s. 



Since we noticed the two first volumes of this 

 valuable Magazine, a decided improvement has 

 taken place, both as regards the papers, and the 

 manner in which the work is " got up." It has 

 now fixed its head quarters in Birmingham, is 

 published quarterly, has acquired a far loftier and 

 more definite character than it formerly possessed, 

 and, from the extreme merit of its literary and 

 scientific papers, surpasses all of its Metropolitan 

 cotemporaries. It has equal charms for the man 

 of science and the general reader, but the ornitho- 

 logical portion alone will claim our attention on 

 the present occasion. 



At p. 26, is an article entitled " Remarks Con- 

 ducive to the Improvement of Ornithological No- 

 menclature", consisting of a list of British land 

 birds (orders Raptores, Insessores and RasoresJ, 



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