A History of British Birds

Abstract

WE have lately received the last published Report on the progress of Entomology prepared in connection with the Archiv für Naturgeschichte. In the space of 226 pages it includes a review of all the works and papers published in 1867-68 on the subject of Entomology, taking that word in what may be called its Linnean sense, namely, as embracing the study of Insects, Arachnida, Myriopoda, and Crustacea. Of these reports, commenced by Erichson, continued by Schaum, and after his illness by Gerstäcker, it is impossible to over-estimate the value, for although the information contained in them upon the species and systematic matters is rather less detailed than in the EnglisH “Zoological Record,” the notices of anatomical and physiological papers are fuller, and the student will always find indications of the direction in which to look for information on other subjects. The conductors of these useful Reports havs always been in the habit of delaying their publication until the literature of each year could be analysed as completely as possible, and in the present issue we have only the particulars of the contributions to entomological knowledge published during the years 1867-68. The Insecta proper are reported upon by M. F. Brauer of Vienna, whilst Prof. Gerstäcker confines his labours to the Mvriopoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea.