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PLANTS OBSERVED NEAR TOMINTOUL, N.B., JULY 1905. By 

 Rev. E. S. Marshal], F.L.S., and \V. A. Shoolbred, F.L.S. (Journ. 

 Bot.^ 1906, pp. 154-161). An important contribution to the local 

 botany of Scotland. 



THE KINGUSSIE DISTRICT : A GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY. By 

 Marion J. Newbigin, D.Sc. (Scot. Geogr. Mag., 1906, pp. 285-315, 

 with map and illustrations; botanical on pp. 299-309). 



BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB, REPORT FOR 1905. By the 

 Editor and Distributor, J. Walter White, F.L.S., April 1906, 52 

 pages. Interesting notes on British plants, several relating to 

 examples from Scotland. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



THE EGGS OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. By the Rev. Francis C. R. 

 Jourdain, M.A., etc. Part I. (London : R. H. Porter.) Price 

 IDS. 6d. 



So far as we are able to judge from the first part, this work has 

 much to recommend it. The plates are decidedly good, and the 

 letterpress dealing with each species is adequate and affords much 

 reliable information on a wide range of subjects references to 

 literature, local and foreign names, breeding range at home and 

 abroad, description of eggs, breeding season, etc. and bears 

 evidence of considerable research as well as of first-hand knowledge 

 on the part of the author. The author is a thorough believer in 

 racial forms, and accepts the sub-species described in Dr. Hartert's 

 " Die Vogel " ; indeed, the form of treatment and get-up are identical, 

 and the two may fairly be described as companion volumes. The 

 work is to be completed in about ten parts, containing some 140 

 coloured plates, and promises to be an excellent one in all respects. 

 Part I. contains 14 plates, with numerous figures showing the range 

 of variation to be found in each species dealt with, while the letter- 

 press runs to So pages. 



A TREATISE ON ZOOLOGY. Edited by E. Ray Lankester, 

 F.R.S., etc. Part V., Mollusca. By Paul Pelseneer, D.Sc. 

 (London: A. and C. Black, 1906.) 155. 



The fifth volume of this great work is devoted to the Mollusca, 

 and the fact that it has such a well-known specialist as Dr. Pelseneer 

 as its author is a guarantee that the high standard of excellence, 

 which has characterised the preceding parts, has been fully 

 maintained. After dealing with this important phylum in its 

 general aspects, the main portion of the volume is devoted to the 

 systematic consideration of the subject, wherein are treated the 

 various classes into which the Mollusca are subdivided. Under 

 each of these classes and the families comprising them, a vast 



