472 REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 
in more permanent and accessible form, with the addition of a 
good deal of matter, original and compiled, which was not suitable 
for the columns of a popular periodical. Professor Baird, of 
course, needs no introduction to the readers of the NATURALIST, 
nor is any endorsement of the quality ‘of work he offers, required; 
we may simply say that in points of perspicacity, comprehensive- 
ness and thorough reliability, the present volume matches former 
ones from the same high source. Those who have not seen the 
“Record,” may be interested to know that it is a digested and me- 
thodically arranged abstract of the leading scientific discoveries of 
the past year, representing the cream of current literature in 
Science and Industry. It will prove an extremely useful and con- 
venient handbook to all who desire a general knowledge of what 
is going on in the scientific world, and recommends itself particu- 
larly to the large class whose tastes have made them readers and 
friends of the Naturauist.— E. C. 
Tue Bosron Socrery’s Ornrrnotoarcat CaraLoaue.*¥—We ae 
informed by Prof. Hyatt that “a catalogue of the birds in the pos- 
session of this Society is here begun” —a statement alone sufi- 
ciently interesting ; and after a particularly thorough examination 
of the first number, it is the more gratifying to learn that “sim 
lar series of observations upon the genera and species will be pu 
lished.” The value of even a bare museum catalogue is app"® 
work on the Leyden museum has taken. With a due sense of si : 
is implied in the remark, we judge that if Prof. Hyatt continues ae 
work in the same vein, the Society’s “Catalogue” wil Of 
rous touch bringing out some points that hav a 
due attention. The author shows plainly the qualiti 
trained naturalist, which have distinguished him in his pee 
ialties. The specific determinations, to which we assent m” pe 
instance, are the same, for the nine species in the col me: 
1. sph 
* Catalogue of the Ornithological collection in the Museum of the Society. 
niscidæ. 
- By Alpheus Hyatt. 1871 
