ORNITHOLOGY IN 1851. 
under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury,” commenced in 1838, and was only completed in 1850. 
The Zoology of the Beagle commenced same year, and was com- 
pleted in 1844. The Zoology of Erebus and Terror, Part III., the 
first of the birds bears the date of 1844, and is now, 1852, incom- 
pleted. We perceive a new grant is proposed for the Illustration 
of the Battlesnake’s collections — When may we expect to see 
them illustrated ? 
A History of British Birds, by the Rev. F. 0. Morris, B. A., 
has reached its XXth Number ; and 
A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of Br itish Birds, which 
we alluded to in our last year’s summary, is in progress. The pale 
ground on which the light coloured specimens are figured does not 
relieve them. 
The Birds of Ireland, by William Thomson, Esq. The third 
volume of this work we alluded to in our “ Ornithology for 1850” 
as almost ready for publication. We soon afterwards received it. 
It is devoted entirely to the Natatores, and contains a detailed and 
excellent description of all the species hitherto observed on the Irish 
coasts and lakes, with whatever has come under the personal notice 
of the author, or has been obtained on good authority relating to 
their habits and economy, and sometimes "the commercial and use- 
ful statistics of the different species. The volume is concluded with 
a summary of the British and non-Irish species, and of the Irish 
and non-British. We copy these lists, as being short, and have 
added an S. after the species which have been found in Scotland, 
the other thirteen being hitherto exclusively English. All, how- 
ever, can only be* looked upon as mere stragglers or occasional 
visitants : — 
BRITISH AND NON-IRISH SPECIES. 
Polish Swan 
Pinkfooted Goose 
Spurwinged Goose 
Bimaculated Duck 
Steller’s Western Duck 
Cygnus mimutabilis, Yarr. 
Anser brachyrhynchus, Bail. S. 
A. gambensis , Linn. 
Anas bimaculata, Penn. 
Polysticta stelleri (Pall.) 
