The Humming Bird. 7 



The fourteen coloured plates inserted in this part are very 

 neat and well executed. They enhance greatly the value of 

 the work. 



I congratulate the authorities of the Victorian Department of 

 Agriculture, Mr. Chas. French, and all those who have con- 

 tributed to the preparation of this valuable hand-book, and I 

 hope that the following parts will appear as speedily as 

 possible. 



I shall call the attention of the authorities of the British 

 Museum (Department of Natural History) to this book, and 

 I hope that they will soon follow the example given to them by 

 the Canadian and Australian Colonies. 



Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France, T, iv. pp. 209- 

 480, 1891. 



Contents '-—Résultats d'une excursion zoologique en Algérie, 

 by R. Blanchard. Concluded. 



Faune des lacs salés d? Algérie, Ostracodes, by R. Moniez. 



Stelléndes nouveaux des campagnes du yatch l'Hirondelle, by 

 Edmond Perrier. 



Monographie des Francolins, by F. de Schaeck. 



Etude de quelques paguriens recueillis par M. Jules de Guerne 

 sur les côtes de France et de Norvège, by E. L. Bouvier. 



Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus, by T. M. F. Bigot. 



Notices helminthologiques, by Doctor Raphael Blanchard. 



I will call the attention of Ornithologists to the excellent 

 Monograph of the genus Francolinus, by Mr. F. de Schaeck, 

 cited above. 



This memoir of 120 pages, 272-392, begins with the 

 geographical distribution of all the species of the Genus 

 Francolinus, after which it continues by giving a full description 

 of the internal and external characters of the genus, their 

 habits, acclimatation, and classification, then follows a com- 

 plete description of all the species known to date. Fifty-live 

 species are described, but Mr. de Schaeck is of opinion that 

 several species may turn out to be only local varieties or races. 

 He thinks that many surprises are still in store for us, in the 

 discovery of many new species, by future explorers. 



Among the species described in this Memoir 49 are African, 

 1 from N. Africa and W. Asia, and 5 from S. Asia, Malay 

 Archipelago, and Madagascar. 



Histoire naturelle de la France, Oiseaux, by Emile Deyrolle, 

 Paris, 1891. 



This book on the Birds of France is profusely illustrated 

 with woodcuts and 2 7 coloured plates representing the heads of 

 287 species. They are very good and especially so, when we 



