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ration of synonyms will render this volume most valuable for 
reference, and useful to the student of this attractive but difficult 
family of birds. _ 
We have seen Dr. A. de Philippics ‘ Reise durch die Anden- 
wiiste Atacama c (Halle, 1860, 4to), and will give a further 
notice of it in our next Number. 
The Royal Zoological Society of Amsterdam have presented 
us with a copy of their magnificent work* upon the Touracos 
(Musophagidce) of Africa—a monograph carefully elaborated by 
MM. Schlegel and Westerman, and which leaves little wanting, 
either in the way of illustration or description, so far as our 
knowledge of this beautiful family of birds has been at present 
advanced. The recognized species of the group are 17 in number, 
which are divisible into two very distinct sections, according to 
the form and covering of the nostrils. Every species is splen¬ 
didly and accurately figured of the size of life. The letter-press 
is in the national language of Holland, which, however much we 
may lament, we cannot reasonably complain of in a national work 
like the present; but a Latin synopsis is also given, in which the 
species are distinguished by full and accurate diagnoses. Alto¬ 
gether we must express our highest approbation of this work, 
which we consider as the very Prince of Monographs. 
We have received, through Professor Sundeval’s kindness, 
the 6th, 7th, and 8th numbers of f Sven ska Eoglarna/ a well- 
executed popular work on the Birds of Sweden, with the text 
written by this talented naturalist. We have already noticed 
the previous parts of this book ( f Ibis’ 1859, p. 324). 
The first part of the Bulletin of the Imperial Society of Natu¬ 
ralists of Moscow for the present year contains a general article by 
* Die Toerako’s afgebeeld en beschreven door H. Schlegel onder 
medewerking van G. F. Westerman. Ofgedragen aan Z. M. den Koning. 
Uitgegeven door het Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis 
Magistra. Amsterdam, 1860, 1 vol. fol., 26 pp., 17 col. plates. 
