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beauty of its illustrations it will surpass anything of the kind ever 
published in America or in Europe. From a careful examination 
of advance sheets of the greater part of the first volume we feel 
‘sare it will not disappoint the expectation thus awakened. 
We are also promised the early appearance of a valuable original 
work on the birds of Florida,* by Mr. C. J. Maynard of which 
the prospectus was issued a short time since. This is announced 
to be published in twelve parts, and to contain original descrip- 
tions of two hundred and fifty species, with full biographical 
notices, and to be illustrated with five plates drawn and colored 
from nature. As Mr. Maynard has spent the greater part of 
three years in Florida, devoting himself exclusively to ornitho- 
logical pursuits, and has visited all parts of the state, including 
the Keys and the Everglades, we are led to expect much valuable 
information, in respect to the birds of that little known region. 
While the biographical part is written in an animated, popular 
style, the technical details will render it a work of importance to 
the scientific student. It is to be issued of full quarto size, and 
judging from the sample pages, its typographical execution will 
be excellent. 
A fourth work on North American Ornithology, now in press, is 
a the Ornithological Report of Mr. Clarence King’s exploration of 
the Fortieth Parallel, prepared by Mr. Robert Ridgway. This we 
; understand will be shortly issued, in the same elegant style of 
 Mecution that has characterized the previous volumes of this 
‘portant survey of which it will form the sixth of the ‘series. It 
“overs a field hitherto scarcely explored, and Mr. Ridgway’s three 
Years of field work in the country between the Uintah Mts. and the 
CiM Count, leads us to expect, from the care and thoroughness 
nn mark this author’s previous works, a volume of extreme value 
ornithological science. 
At ur request the author has kindly given us a summary of its 
contents, from which we learn that it will consist of three 
es ha first to be introductory, the second biographical, nhi 
Ra Will consist ofa monograph of the North American 
eo The introductory part will embrace a list, of the species 
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hiv Species, with notes upon their habits, etc., by C, J- Maynard 
Plates 4 C. J. Maynard. With five 
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