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tained in the Journal of the Academy oi' 

 Natural Sciences. Other important addi- 

 tions may be found in this valuable Journal. 

 The expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 

 under the command of Major Long, has fur- 

 nished us with twelve new species care- 

 fully described by Mr. Say. The plan of 

 that excellent work unfortunately did not 

 admit of figures to illustrate the department 

 of Natural History. This deficiency is, 

 however, now splendidly supplied by the 

 American Ornithology of Charles Lucian Bo- 

 naparte, whose zeal and profound acquire- 

 ments, as evinced in this volume, have added 

 new titles of distinction to those already ac- 

 quired by his illustrious family. 



This work, which may be considered as 

 a continuation of Wilson, will, when com- 

 pleted, leave but scanty gleanings to the 

 future inquirer. Twenty-two species are 

 figured and described in this volume, and 

 should the two succeeding volumes contain 

 as many, the whole number of species may 

 be roughly estimated at three hundred and 

 sixty. Our Aimals contain notices by Mn 

 Clinton, relative to a beautiful species of 

 swallow w^hich has very lately appeared in 



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