558 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
77. Snouckaert van Schauburg’s ‘ Avifauna Neerlandica / 
[Avifauna Neerlandica—Lijst der tot dusverre in Nederland in wilden 
staat waargenomen Vogelsoorten, door Mr. Dr. R,. C. E. G. J. Baron 
Snouckaert van Sckauburg, Voorzitter der Nederlandsehe Ornithologische 
Vereeniging. Met 12 Illustratien, door den Heer T. Csorgey. 1 vol. 
Leeuwarden, Melier & Schaapsma. 1908.] 
In our last number (above, p. 379) we gave a notice of 
Dr. Van Oort's memoir on the Birds of the Netherlands, and 
stated that a copy of another work on the same subject, 
prepared by Baron Snouckaert van Schauburg, had also 
been received. This last-mentioned volume is now before 
us, and we have great pleasure in introducing it to British 
ornithologists, who will find it very useful in tracing out 
the range of British species. 
The author writes in his native language, which is obviously 
proper in his case, but Dutch is so closely allied to English 
that there will be little difficulty in understanding it, espe¬ 
cially for those who have some acquaintance with German. 
He begins, we are glad to say, with the highest birds, not 
with the lowest, and enumerates 332 species to be included 
in the ( Avifauna Neerlandica/ No descriptions are given 
of the species, but sufficient references to other works in 
which descriptions can be found are added, and the exact 
mode of the occurrence of every species and its frequency or 
scarceness are concisely stated. In his nomenclature Baron 
Snouckaert is still more of a trinomialist than Dr. Van Oort, 
nearly every species being provided with three names. He 
has likewise fallen into the bad habit of altering some of 
Linnaeus’s best-known specific terms—for example, calling 
Muscicapa grisola “ Muscicapa striata.” In our opinion, 
Linnaeus's terms ought to be held sacred for all generations, 
especially when, as in the case alluded to, the authorship of 
the work from which the novel term is taken is by no means 
certain. 
Twelve nicely drawn coloured plates ornament the present 
work. We should mention that Turdus coburni Sharpe 
(Bull. B. O. C. xii. p, 28, 1901) is included in the present 
work on the faith of a specimen obtained in Holland on 
