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IN this work, we regret to say, the performance does not equal the promise. Nothing would be more acceptable to the many students of the class of Birds than such a “Repertorium” as Prof. Giebel's title seems to indicate. Nor is there anything objectionable in the manner in which he proposes to treat his somewhat extensive subject, although other plans would be equally or more convenient. But when we come to look into details and to consider the mode of execution, we must condemn the work as almost useless to ornithologists from its errors and imperfections.
Thesaurus Ornithologiæ.
Repertorium der gessammten ornithologischen Literatur und Nomenclatur sammtlicher Gattungen und Arten der Vögel nebst Synonymie und geographischer Verbreitung. Von Dr. C. G. Giebel. Erster und Zweiter Halbbänder. (Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1872.)
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Thesaurus Ornithologiæ . Nature 7, 44 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/007044a0
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