400 SKETCHES OF EUROPEAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
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Rariores et pro-maxima-parte-novas Plantas , by C. F. Rottboll, Hortus Mala- 
baricus , by John Hill. The names of Sir Joseph Banks, J. Stackhouse, and 
Sir J. E. Smith occur amongst the contributors to the library, and it contains 
nearly all the illustrated works (mostly in folio) published by Sir J. E. Smith. 
From the few titles of the works given, it will be seen that the library is rich in 
works of reference relating to exotic plants; it only requires the addition of a 
few modern works on British plants to make it very complete, and it would then 
be surpassed by few provincial botanical libraries. 
There are two other excellent libraries in the town, the Athemeum and the 
Lyceum, both containing many valuable botanical works, as well as various 
works on the other departments of Natural History. They each contain a copy 
of English Botany , but they are all bound up as published, which makes them 
very inconvenient for reference, particularly in ^species belonging to an extensive 
genus ; they would be much more valuable if bound up according to the Linnsean 
or natural system, so as to keep all the species of a genus together. 
Coggeshall , Essex , 
Feb. 28, 1839. 
SKETCHES OF EUROPEAN ORNITHOLOGY.* 
Gould's “ Birds of Europe,” Part I. 
By Shirley Palmer, M.D. 
(Continued from p. 356.) 
In conformity with the pledge given in the last number of The Analyst , we 
proceed to analyse the splendid work of Mr. Gould on The Birds of Europe. 
The First Part, with which we shall commence, made its appearance in June, 
1832, and has been regularly followed up, at intervals of three months, by the 
publication of its successors. Each part consists of twenty folio plates : the figures 
drawn upon stone, in a style of uncommon accuracy, and, in general, coloured 
with admirable taste, fidelity, and effect. The more striking peculiarities of 
plumage, which result from age or sex, are frequently illustrated by the intro¬ 
duction of two figures; and sometimes, although more rarely than we were led, 
from perusal of the Prospectus originally published by Mr. Gould, to expect, two 
or more of the species of a genus of the middle-sized or smaller birds are grouped 
* In compliance with the wishes of several readers, we now proceed to complete the analyses 
of Gould’s work, by republishing the critical notices of the early parts, from various numbers of 
The Analyst , written either by Dr. Shirley Palmer or by the Editor of this Journal. 
