Recent Ornithological Publications. 
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being common and resident*. We recommend this book to the 
notice of the residents in our numerous islands and dependencies, 
as showing how much there is to be done even in so limited a 
field of observation. 
II. French Publications. 
The death of the late lamented Prince Bonaparte, which oc¬ 
curred last year, has created a vacancy in the list of the active 
ornithologists of France, which it will be hard to fill. But of 
the several works commenced or projected by the Prince at the 
time of his death, two at least are being continued. The ‘ Ico- 
nographie des Perroquets/ a supplement to the great publications 
of Le Vaillant and Saint-Hilaire, is issued as far as its 12th 
livraison. We do not much like the plates of this book, which 
are very French in style and execution; they are, however, a 
great advance upon those of the work of Saint-Hilaire. But 
the L. P. (from the pen of M. de Souance, we believe) is very 
commendable, containing the complete synonymy with accurate 
descriptions and precise localities of each species figured. We 
think, however, that in a scientific work, though this perhaps is 
less necessary where the languag eemployed is French, the 
technical characters of the species should be given in Latin. 
The corresponding work, entitled f Iconographie des Pigeons/ 
has also reached its 12th livraison. 
Of the f Revue et Magasin de Zoologie^ for the year 1858, we 
have received seven numbers, which contain several interesting 
articles on Ornithology, from the pens of MM. Malherbe, 
Moquin-Tandon, Pueheran, and Jules Verreaux. M. Malherbe 
describes a new Woodpecker from Ecuador ( Celeopicus ver- 
reauxii). M. Moquin-Tandon continues his useful “ Notes 
Ornithologiques ” upon the birds of the South of France. Dr. 
Pueheran writes observations on Pica beecheyii , Cyanopica 
cyanea , and Juida nitens. M. Verreaux publishes characters of 
three new birds, Dryoscopus turatii (ex Afr. Occid.), Monarcha 
castaneiventris (ex ins. Samoens.), and Cyanalcyon leucopygius 
(ex ins. Salomon.). 
* The Tropic-bird of the Bermudas is Pha'ethon flavirostris, and not P. 
(Bthereus. See Jardine’s Contrib. 1852, pi. 84, where the egg is figured. 
