26 JUNE 1897, Page 10

In "Allen's Naturalist's Library," edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D.

(W. H. Allen and Co.), we have A Handbook to the Game- Birds, by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Vol. II. First in the contents comes a second division of the pheasants, containing two sub-families (Phasianinae and Odontophorinae). Non-expert readers will more readily recognise the names of "true pheasant" and "golden pheasant" (greatly prized by the makers of arti- ficial flies), "jungle - fowls," "pea - fowls," "guinea - fowls," "turkeys," "quails," and "partridges." Other names there are, but they are unfamiliar to all but the naturalists and a few travelled sportsmen. The volume is said by experts to be absolutely exhaustive, and its subject is handsomely illustrated.