84 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
is a striking testimony to his energy and ability. Forbes’s 
work was chiefly directed to the structure of birds, but the 
volume also contains some valuable contributions to syste¬ 
matic ornithology as well as to the anatomy of Mammalia. 
Even to those who had not the pleasure of Forbes’s personal 
acquaintance it will he evident, from the perusal of his 
memoirs, that Forbes combined in the highest degree the 
skill of an anatomist with the powers of observation of a field- 
naturalist—a combination which is very rarely to be found, 
and which has rendered his premature death ever to be re¬ 
gretted in the interests of science. 
11. Gadow on the Anatomy of Birds. 
[Dr. H. G. Bronn’s Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs wissen- 
echaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Fortgesetzt von Dr. Hans Gadow. 
Band VI. Abth. IV. Aves. Lief. 7, 8, u. 9, 1884; Lief. x. 1885.] 
Dr. Hans Gadow has courageously taken up the section of 
Bronn’s f Thierreich’ devoted to Birds, left incomplete by 
Selenka in 1870, and has already issued two new parts. 
The first four sheets are destined to supersede the corre¬ 
sponding portion of the original issue, so that we have the 
great advantage of an account of the whole of the muscular 
structure of birds by one of our best authorities on the 
subject. 
It is, we think, by no means certain that other portions of 
Prof. Selenka’s work would not have been improved by a 
similar revision. Great additions to our knowledge of the 
osteology of birds have been made during the past fourteen 
years. But a new work on the anatomy of the Class Aves is 
much wanted, and we trust that Dr. Gadow will bring this 
long-delayed portion of Bronn’s f Thierreich ’ to a speedy con¬ 
clusion. There is no doubt that it will be the best modern 
authority on the subject. 
12. Giglioli on the Ornithological Congress at Vienna. 
[II primo Congresso internazionale tenuto a Vienna dal 7 al 14 Aprile, 
1884. Relazione del Delegato del Governo Italiano, Dott. Enrico H. 
Giglioli. Annali di Agricoltura, 1885. Roma : 1885. 59 pp.] 
The Report furnished by Dr. Giglioli to the Italian Minister 
