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ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL LITERATClUfi. 
(1831, 4vols., 12mo., 16s.). Taschenbuch der Deutschen Vdgelkunde{lSlQ, 
2 vols.), by Drs. Meyer and Wolf, is more recent than that of Bechstein, and 
is in many respects preferable to the latter. Tsmminck’s celebrated Manuel 
d Ornithologie (1820) will without doubt be procured and duly studied. The 
Dutch Professor s Histoire Naturelle Generate des Pigeons et des Galinaces^ and 
his Nouveau Recueil de Planches coloriees d Oiseaux, though valuable, are less 
indispensable. 
Illustrations of British Ornithology (2 vols. 8vo., 2nd edit., 1833), by Pri- 
DEAUX John Selby, Esq., only wants illustrative engravings to render it a com¬ 
plete manual of our native birds. The plates belonging to the work (elephant 
folio) are very expensive, and, consequently, beyond the reach of the majority of 
students. Illustrations of Ornithology^ by Sir W. Jardine and Mr. Selby, now 
in course of publication, is rather a ‘‘ work of luxury” than one which it is 
absolutely necessary to possess. Of Dr. Savi’s Ornitologia Toscana 1827, 
pp. 302) we know but little; and we shall content ourselves with merely noting 
the titles of Werner’s Atlas of the Birds of Europe^ Mudie’s Feathered Tribes 
of the British Islands (a delightful book), his Natural History of Birds^ and 
Meyer’s Illustrations of British Birds. 
Gould’s Birds of Europe (22 parts, just completed, folio) is the finest and 
most perfect ornithological work ever published, and, all things considered, by no 
means dear. Intending purchasers will do well to send their names to the author 
early, as only a small number of copies remain on hand. Mr. Gould has, we 
think, carried ornithological painting—a most difficult art, be it observed—to the 
ultimatum of perfection in some of his splendid plates. The accompanying 
letter-press is excellent. 
Audubon’s Ornithological Biography is a truly fascinating description of the 
birds of America, and contains much new matter. We do not in general so 
much admire his immense plates, some of which, however, are very fine. 
We have frequently spoken, in terms of high eulogium, of Hewitson’s beauti¬ 
ful British Oology., and need not, therefore, here repeat our opinion of the work, 
which will shortly be completed, in three handsome volumes, royal octavo, or the 
same size as The Naturalist. 
Yarrell’s Birds is beyond all praise; it is now in course of publica¬ 
tion. MacGillivray’s British Birds (also in course of publication), and his 
Rapacious Birds of Britain., are likewise good books. 
The treatises on reptiles, &c., are not numerous. The following are perhaps 
among the best:— Eoesel’s Historia Naturalis Ranarum nostratium., Nurnberg, 
1758, folio; Latreille’s Histoire Naturelle des Salamandres de France., Paris, 
1800, 8vo.; Daudin’s Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles, Paris, 1805, 8 vols., 8vo. ; 
and J. E. Gray’s Synopsis Reptilium, London, 1831, part 1, Cataphracta. Of 
