462 Notice of Books. 



ing on, or flying towards some appropriate and character- 

 istic plant or insect of the new world, where animal life as 

 well as vegetation presents so many peculiarities. Each part 

 contains figures and descriptions of eighteen species. The 

 descriptions are drawn up with experience in a scientific, 

 and at the same time a popular, and instructive form, em- 

 bracing a full account of the characters and peculiarities of 

 each bird, its habits, and its haunts. We should be de- 

 lighted to find space for a full notice of this interesting 

 work, but as it consists of distinct descriptions of species, it 

 would be difficult within the compass of an ordinary notice 

 to afford more than a very general notion of the interest 

 of Mr. Gould's work. In our next, we shall endeavour to 

 find room for a few extracts; in the meantime, we recom- 

 mend the work to Public Libraries, and also to persons 

 who can afford to possess expensive works on Natural 

 History. 



