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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Little more need be said of this Report than that it is a 
worthy successor of the long series of its predecessors. Its 
author*s experience enables him to compress his information 
into limits so small that it would be highly dangerous for a 
person with less practice to attempt the like ; but, though he 
docs not enter minutely iiito details, wo liave noticed no serious 
omissions on Dr. Hartlaub^s part, and we have to thank him for 
the kind manner in which he is pleased to speak of our own 
previous ' Records.^ 
Arrigoni, Oddo. La Storia delF Ornitologia. Capo I. Atti 
Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. x. pp. 136-144. 
This, the first chapter of a history of ornithology, contains 
notices of the works of Aristotle, Pliny, Belon, and Gesner. 
Blyth, E. The Ornithology of India. — A Commentary on Dr. 
JerdorCs ^ Birds of India.^ [See Indian Region.^^] 
Cassin, John. Fasti Ornithologise, No. 3. — ^ Encyclopaedia 
Londinensis.^ Proc. Acad. Philad. 1867, pp. 212-221. 
The ^Encyclopaedia^ was published between 1795 and 1829, 
and was compiled, digested, and arranged by John Wilkes 
. . . assisted by eminent scholars.'^ Mr. Cassin maintains that 
the names in it bestowed upon various birds for the first time 
should stand ; but not knowing who the editors of the ornitho- 
logical portion of it were, he holds the compiler responsible for 
the nomenclature, and proposes to alter the names of about 
thirty species of birds in favour of those previously (for the 
dates are given on the plates) given to them by this anonymous 
authority. {Cf. Ibis, 1868, p. 231.) 
Harting, J. E. The Birds of Shakespeare. Zoologist, Second 
Series, pp. 529-536, 649-667. 
The conclusion of a series of papers noticed last year (Zool. 
Rec. iii. p. 45). 
A Review of Systems. Tom. cit. pp. 584-589. 
That of Yarrell is most commended. 
Heuglin, M. T. von. Ueber die ornithologischen Arbeiten des 
Herzogs Paul Wilhelm von Wiirtemberg, u. s. w. [See 
Ethiopian Region.^^] 
ScLATER, P. L. Remarks on Dr.Leotaud^s ^ Birds of Trinidad.^ 
Ibis, 1867, pp. 104-108. [See ^^Neotropical Region.^^] 
SuNDEVALL, C. J. Les Oiseaux d^Afrique de Levaillant, critique 
de cet ouvrage. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, pp. 76-78, 
116-122, 188-92, 218, 219, 251-254, 303-305. 
A continuation of M. Olph-Galliard^s translation before no- 
ticed (Zool. Rec. iii. p. 45) . 
