Works on Natural History. 471 



The Roach (Cyprinus rutilus L.), a Variety of which has 

 Chestnut-coloured Lips. — I have frequently caught this va- 

 riety of the roach in the ponds in Wanstead Park, Essex ; in 

 the heronry pond, and in the large pond in front of the spot 

 where the house formerly stood. — O. Clapton, Feb. 1835. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Titles of Works on Subjects of Natural History, published 



recently. 



Kirby, Rev. William, M.A. F.R.S., &c, Rector of Barham : 

 On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as mani- 

 fested in the Creation of Animals, and in their History, 

 Habits, and Instincts. 1835. 2 vols. 8vo, 948 pages, 

 16 plates. 305. The 7th of the Bridge water Treatises. 



We have not read this work. The type is large, and the 

 page not so, and the quantity of words in the two volumes, 

 we guess, about equal to the quantity in a few ninepenny parts 

 of the Penny Cyclopaedia ; yet 305. are asked for this quantity 

 and the plates ! Who can profit by the teaching of a Kirby, 

 while the bookseller precludes access to his lessons ? 



Harewood, Harry : Dictionary of Sports ; or, Companion to 

 the Field, the Forest, and the River side; with Essays 

 upon all National Amusements. 75. 6d. 1835. 



This work contains matter of interest and utility to all who 

 claim any companionship with nature, and aspire to be ranked 

 among her votaries. It is interspersed with excellent wood- 

 cuts of animals, biped, quadruped, and fish, together with 

 sundry other delineations in illustration of the text. The 

 sportsman will find much to rivet his attention ; while Mudie, 

 and other followers of Izaak Walton, will find the work by 

 no means deficient in information on the " gentle craft." The 

 author is evidently no great ornithologist, and in nomen- 

 clature the same errors as usually abound in works of this 

 description are found in no sparing numbers. The same 

 may be remarked on the nomenclature in mammalogy. But 

 we heartily recommend the work to all who take any interest 

 in hunting, shooting, racing, and sketches of natural history 

 written in a pleasing style and interspersed with interesting 

 anecdotes.-— S. D. W. ' July 3. 1835. 



Allies, Jabez, one of the Council of the Worcestershire Na- 

 tural History Society : Obervations on certain curious In- 

 dentations in the Old Red Sandstone of Worcestershire 



