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REVIEWS. 



AN ILLUSTRATED MANUAL of BRITISH BIRDS. By Howard 

 Saunders, F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc. Second edition, revised. With illustra- 

 tions of nearly every species. (London: Gurney and Jackson.) 



Among all the books on British Birds that have been published 

 and their number now is almost legion there is not one that 

 is so useful and indispensable as " Saunders's Manual." We say 

 this after years of almost daily use. Good, however, as the ex- 

 hausted first edition was, we are able to aver, after a critical ex- 

 amination of the two parts issued, that, thanks to Mr. Saunders's 

 increased and unrivalled knowledge of the subject and his pains- 

 taking and exhaustive researches, this second edition is more 

 complete and accurate, and hence better, than its predecessor. 

 And moreover it brings the subject absolutely up to date of 

 publication an indispensable desideratum to all who are interested 

 in British Ornithology. It is thus with feelings of satisfaction that 

 we hail the advent of this new edition, and have great pleasure in 

 bringing this excellent work under the notice of our readers. The 

 book is now being issued in parts at one shilling, and twenty parts 

 complete the work. 



A HISTORY OF FOWLING : BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MANY 

 CURIOUS DEVICES BY WHICH BIRDS ARE, OR HAVE BEEN, CAPTURED 

 IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. By the Rev. H. A. 

 Macpherson, M.A. (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1897.) 



Those who are interested in the subject of Fowling, and they 

 are many among field naturalists, to which this handsome small 

 quarto volume is devoted, will find it a perfect repertory of information. 

 The author has ransacked tomes ancient and modern, visited several 

 Continental countries in search of facts and practical knowledge, 

 and has culled from his numerous ornithological friends their stores 

 of knowledge. Thus we have a practically exhaustive treatise, 

 dealing with the art as practised in many lands and during all times. 

 The older information is of considerable archaeological value, as 

 well as possessing a peculiar interest from the very quaintness of 

 the implements used and the descriptions of the manner of their 

 employment. All the various sections of the subject have been 

 well ordered by the scientific arrangement of the subject-matter 

 under orders and families of birds, so that speedy reference may 

 be made as to the mode of capture, etc., of any of the species 

 treated of and they are many. 



The book is illustrated by a photogravure frontispiece, full page 

 plates, and numerous illustrations in the text : and these add much 

 to the value and completeness of the work. 



