732 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 
in two large folio volumes in 1888, and will ever be a 
monument of liis industry and learning. It deals at length 
with the anatomy of the shoulder-girdle of birds ; while in 
the second volume a scheme of classification was proposed, 
based on all the facts of the internal and external characters 
of birds. Unfortunately but little attention was paid to 
this great work by British ornithologists, though it was 
noticed in 4 The Ibis ’ (1888, p. 418) ; and an excellent 
abstract from the pen of Dr. Gadow, Fiirbringer’s only serious 
rival in this subject, appeared in 4 Nature 9 (vol. xxxix. 1888, 
pp. 150-152, 177-181). Dr. Furbringer also published a 
later summary of our knowledge of the Anatomy of Birds 
in the Report of the Second International Ornithological 
Congress, held at Budapest in 1891, and a further disquisition 
on the same subject in the 4 Jenaische Zeitschrift f. Natur- 
wissenschaft 3 (xxxvi. pp. 587-736) in 1902, which was also 
noticed in 4 The Ibis' (1903, p. 614). 
No serious student of ornithology can neglect the study 
of these great works, and the death of their author should 
recall to us their importance and value. 
XXXIX.— Notices of recent Ornithological Publications . 
Arrigoni degli Oddi’s list of papers. 
[Elenco delle pubblicazioni del Prof. E. Arrigoni degli Oddi (1884- 
1920). Pp. 1-10. Venezia, 1921. 8vo.] 
Count Arrigoni degli Oddi, who is not only one of the 
leading Italian ornithologists and Professor of Zoology at 
Padua, but also a Deputy in the Italian Parliament and a 
member of the B. O. U. since 1896, has favoured us with 
a number of his publications, most of which have already 
been noticed in our pages. The list of his papers, men¬ 
tioned above, contains 162 titles published between 1884 
and 1920, and is a proof of his activity in ornithological 
work, 
