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the twenty species are of proportionately high value, and represent 

 practically all that is known about them. 



It would perhaps be out of place for us to criticise the techni- 

 calities of classification, nomenclature, and other details gone into 

 in this splendid volume. We are quite content to accept the 

 author's dicta on these difficult points, for he has studied the subject 

 as probably few (if any) have done. We shall only say, therefore, 

 that the student of Scottish Lepidoptera must use the volume, and 

 the oftener he consults it the greater will be the benefit he derives 

 from its 558 closely printed pages. 



Gilbert White of Selborne. By W. H. Mullens, M.A., 

 LL.M. London: Witherby & Co., 1907. 2s. 6d. net. 



The text of this brochure formed the subject of a lecture 

 dehvered before the Hastings and St. Leonards Natural History 

 Society. As an epitomised account of Gilbert White and his work, 

 it is a most excellent production, and will rank among the best of 

 its kind ever penned. It is extremely tastefully printed, and is 

 illustrated by a series of plates, reproduced from photographs, 

 depicting the entries in the parish register relating to White's birth 

 and death, his tombstone, the "Wakes" in his time and to-day, 

 Selborne church, etc. The concluding pages are devoted to a 

 bibliography giving particulars of the most important editions that 

 have been issued of the celebrated classic — " The Natural History 

 and Antiquities of Selborne." 



The Home- Life of some Marsh Birds. Photographed and 

 Described by Emma L. Turner, F.L.S., and P. H. Bahr, B.A., 

 M.B.O.U. With 32 plates, and many text illustrations. London : 

 Witherby & Co., 1907. 2s. 6d. net. 



This work affords a series of remarkably pleasing peeps into the 

 home-life of a number of birds — the Great Crested Grebe; Coot; 

 Snipe; Water Rail; Red- throated Diver; Bearded Tit; Sedge, Reed, 

 and Grasshopper Warblers; and the Black-headed Gull. The plates, 

 which are exceedingly well reproduced, have been very cleverly 

 secured, the subjects evidently being quite unconscious that they 

 were " being taken," and consequently are depicted in very interest- 

 ing attitudes, or engaged in the performance of various domestic 

 duties. The letterpress, in which is given a number of sketches 

 from pen and ink drawings, is attractively written and very 

 appropriate. 



Mammals of the World. By W. F. Kirby, F.L.S., F.E.S. 

 With an Introduction on Structure by W. Egmont Kirby, M.D. 

 With 30 full -paged coloured plates. London: Sidney Appleton, 

 1907. 6s. net. 



Of the various groups of which the animal kingdom is composed, 

 there is none which lends itself to more attractive treatment than the 



