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Canker-worm, both of which are favourite foods of those useful 

 little birds. In addition to eggs of insects, many caterpillars 

 and other stages in the development of insects are destroyed. 

 One interesting figure shows the winter cases of a small cater- 

 pillar, closely hidden behind apple buds ; these are, in all prob- 

 ability, those of the Eye-spotted Bud-moth, sometimes one of 

 the most troublesome and destructive enemies ol the fruit- 

 grower. This bulletin shows much careful work in a field which 

 has been, to a large extent, neglected by entomologists, and Dr- 

 Weed should receive the thanks of all lovers of birds for the 

 proofs which he furnishes of the real benefits we receive from 

 these little favourites. It was pleasing for some to know and 

 most people to think that these birds were useful, but it is now 

 possible to prove it to all who are willing to learn. — J. F. 



NOTES AND REVIEWS. 



Natural History in New Brunswick,— The sixteenth 

 annual bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick 

 has just been issued. Like its predecessors, it is full of interest 

 to all students of the natural sciences in the Maritime Provinces. 

 Prof L. W. Bailey gives a sketch of Dr. James Robb, a pioneer of 

 agricultural science. John Moser gives a list of New Brunswick 

 mosses. S. W. Kain gives an annotated catalogue of earthquakes 

 which have been felt in New Brunswick, and Dr. G. F. Matthew 

 records some recent discoveries in the rocks about St. John. A 

 good map in connection with the article shows the formations 

 in the Kennebeccasis valley about Torryburn, Rothesay, etc. 

 Prof W. F. Ganong has ten short notes on botanical, zoological 

 and physiographic subjects. These are of considerable general 

 interest. Dr. Philip Cox gives a list of New Brunswick 

 batrachians with notes on their distribution. The appendix 

 contains a report on the work done at a summer camp held at 

 Quaco last summer. It consists of reports by P. G Hall, Dr. 

 G. F. Matthew, President G. U. Hay, and Professors Duff and 



