382 Recently published Ornithological Works . 
Avium a comparatively easy task, and we are not surprised 
that ornithologists on the Continent should be inclined to 
avail themselves of the assistance thus rendered to them by 
British energy, nor do we regret it; for every enterprise 
that tends to render the study of our branch of science 
more easy and popular will always, if well carried out, 
receive the support of this Journal and of the Union to which 
it belongs. 
M. Dubois commences his work with the Psittaci, Scan- 
sores, and Pici, and his task is considerably lightened, 
as nearly all the families of these groups have been mono¬ 
graphed, and the species are tolerably well known. Besides 
the name adopted, only the principal synonyms and the 
patriae are given. The “subspecies 33 are designated “varie¬ 
ties 33 : a practice which is not commendable, as the latter 
term would be better restricted to individual variations of 
form and colour. Altogether 1105 species of 180 genera 
are comprised in the first Fasciculus. This contains 80 pp. 
and a coloured plate of Tiga borneonensis, which seems 
scarcely different from T. javanensis. The work will be 
completed in “ about 7 numbers/' to appear every quarter. 
38. Evans and Buckley on the Shetland Islands. 
[A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands. By Arthur II. Evans 
and T. E. Buckley. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1899.] 
This is the first of the series in which the name of 
Mr. Harvie-Brown does not appear on the title-page; but 
the influence of our hard-working colleague is plainly seen 
in the accounts of many outlying islets and skerries which 
he visited in his yacht, as well as in particulars respecting 
the southern portion of Mainland, a district almost unknown 
to the ornithologist. To his companion, Mr. Norrie, the 
work is indebted for the numerous photographs which em¬ 
bellish its pages, and the frontispiece—a nesting-place of the 
Kittiwake—by Mr. Oswin Lee, is an admirable example of 
mezzotint. Since 1887 Mr. Evans has been systematically 
exploring the islands of the group, aided by Mr. Buckley, 
Mr. Godfrey, and others; and for thoroughly careful work 
