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irregularly, that we have never seen a complete set, even of 

 those parts which are out. 

 Edwards. The Natural History of uncommon Birds, and 

 of some other rare and undescribed Animals, exhibited in 362 

 copper plates. In seven parts (or volumes). By George 

 Edwards, Library Keeper to the Royal College of Physicians. 

 London, 1743-1764. 



The seven volumes above mentioned includes the three 

 volumes of Gleani?igs of Natural History, originally pub- 

 lish separately. Of this valuable and standard work in our 

 ornithological libraries, we have already spoken.* Latham 

 and Shaw have compiled largely from it ; but Edwards should 

 always be consulted in his own quaint but forcible and exact 

 language. 



Brown. New Illustrations of Zoology, containing Fifty co- 

 loured Plates of new, curious, and nondescript Birds, with 

 a few Quadrupeds, Reptiles, and Insects, together with a 

 short and Scientific Description of the same. By Peter Brown. 

 London, 1776. 1 vol. 4to. 



Brown seems to have been a zoological painter; his 

 figures are superior to those of Edwards, but his descriptions 

 short and unsatisfactory. The volume is, nevertheless, 

 valuable, and may be looked on as a supplement to those of 

 Edwards. In both there is a French translation. 



Desmarest. Histoire Naturelle des Tanagers, des Manakins, 

 et des Todiers. Par A. G. Desmarest, avec Figures d'apres 

 les Desseins de Mile. Pauline de Corcelles. Paris, 1 805. 

 1 vol. royal folio. 



A noble volume. The fair artist who designed the plates 

 was a pupil of Barrabaud, and, like her accomplished master, 

 has succeeded in giving that rotundity to her subjects which 

 relieves so much the sameness of position in which it was then 

 the custom to paint birds. The author has not merely con- 

 tented himself with describing the colour of the feathers : he 

 has investigated and detailed all the synonyms, drawn up 

 excellent specific characters, and executed his task with the 

 hand of a master. The volume contains seventy-two coloured 

 plates, and is a fit companion to those of Le Vaillant. 



Vieillot. Histoire Naturelle des plus beaux Oiseaux Chanteurs 

 de la Zone Torride. Par. L. P. Vieillot. Paris, 1805. 

 royal folio. 



This, like the preceding, contains seventy-two pi ates, but 

 the execution is in every respect inferior : one small bird oc- 

 cupies a folio page, and the drawing and colouring are only 

 of ordinary execution. We hazard the assertion that more 

 * Preliminary Discourse. 



