198 ornithologist's text-book. 



latecl, and the original matter (which is distin- 

 guished from the rest by being in a smaller type) 

 is always valuable. Each No. contains a colored 

 plate, with ten figures on each, on an average. 

 These are well executed, considering the extreme 

 cheapness of the work. It will be a valuable pub- 

 lication, and the only fault we can find with it, is 

 its very large size, which will prevent its standing 

 upright on any shelf. 



A Few Observations on the Ornithological Pe- 

 riodicals. — Having thus brought our notices of 

 works up to the present time, Ave conceive we 

 cannot do better than conclude with a few remarks 

 on the principal periodicals. With one exception, 

 these have since been carried on with great spirit 

 and regularity. Of the Zoological Journal, only- 

 five volumes have appeared, and it is announced 

 that it is " complete", or, in other words, discon- 

 tinued. We regret that the periodical did not 

 succeed, but, for reasons stated in our former no- 

 tice of it (p. 50), are by no means surprised at the 

 circumstance. — Of Hewitson's British Oology, No. 

 xxv was published in January ; it is nowise in- 

 ferior to its predecessors, for the accuracy of the 

 delineations, and the tasteful manner in which the 

 work is got up. This number opens the third 

 volume, which will be, or ought to be, completed 

 in November, 1837. — No. xxii of Partington's 

 British Cyclopedia of Natural History appeared 

 in January. The work has advanced as far as the 

 letter G, and we particularly recommend the arti- 

 cle " Gallinid^", in this number, to the attention 

 of our readers. — No. Mi of the Magazine of Na- 

 tural History, for January, has reached us, in 

 which, we regret to say, the only ornithological 

 article is a short, though pleasant, paper on the 

 Robin Redbreast. We have reason to know that 



