Recently published Ornithological Works . 119 
quis de Compiegne and his friend M. A. Marche made a two 
years'’ expedition to Gaboon in 1872 to collect objects of 
natural history. Their adventures are given in an entertain¬ 
ing way by the Marquis in the two small volumes now before 
us. They penetrated deep into the country first explored by 
Du Chaillu, and obtained a fine series of birds, of which their 
agent, Mons. Bouvier of Paris, has published a list*". This 
catalogue, or a nearly corresponding one, is also given as an 
appendix to the present work. We may call particular at¬ 
tention to the author’s account of his visit to the sacred 
islands of Lake Zouangue, where myriads of Darters, Ibises* 
and Pelicans were found breeding in community (vol. i. 
p. 278). 
3. RiesenthaTs ‘ German Birds of Prey.’ 
[Die Raubvogel Deutsclilands und des angrenzenden Mitteleuropas. 
Darstellung und Beschreibung der in Deutschland und den benachbarten 
Landern von Mitteleuropa vorkommenden Raubvogel. Allen Natur- 
freunden, besonders aber der deutschen Jagerei gewidmet von O. v. Rie- 
sentbal. Text, 8vo. Atlas, small folio. Cassel: 1876.] 
Hr. Th. Pischer has politely forwarded to us the first part 
of the atlas and letterpress of this proposed new work on the 
Raptores of Central Europe. It contains chromolithographs 
of Buteo vulgaris, B. lagopus, and Pernis apivorus , adult and 
young. The drawings are well executed and show consider¬ 
able spirit ; but we observe that the plates are rather inclined 
to be rubbed off against their opposite neighbours. 
4. Allen’s ‘ Birds of Lake Titicaca ’ 
[Exploration of Lake Titicaca by Alexander Agassiz and S. W. Gar- 
man. III. List of Mammals and birds. By J. A. Allen, with Field- 
notes by Mr. Garman. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Cambridge, Mass. vol. iii. 
nos. 15, 16. July 1876.] 
The collection of birds made by Mr. Garman during Mr. 
Alexander Agassizes expeditition to Lake Titicaca in the first 
* Catalogue Geographique des Oiseaux recueillis par MM. A. Marche et 
le Marquis de Compiegne dans leur voyage comprenant les pays suivants, 
Senegale, Gambie, Cazamance, Sierra-Leone, Bonny, Yieux-Calabar, Cap 
Lagos, Fernando-Po, Principe, Gabon, Fernand-Yaz, et Riviere Ogoou6, 
pendant les annees 1872-74, par A. Bouvier. 8vo. Paris: 1875. 
