SOME NEW BOOKS. 



Naturalist's Map of Scotland. By J. A. Harvie-Brown and J. G Bartholomew. 

 Edinburgh : John Bartholomew & Co., 1893. Price 2s. 6d. 



This is a beautifully-executed map of Scotland, on the scale of 

 10 miles to an inch, full of information of value not only to the 

 naturalist, but also to tourists and sportsmen. The various "Faunal 

 Areas " are regarded as coincident with the river basins, and the lines 

 of demarcation are accordingly marked along the watersheds. The 

 areas of cultivated land, patches of woodland, bare moorland and 

 other uncultivated land, with the deer forests, are all indicated by 

 different colours. The areas above 1,000 and 2,000 ft. in elevation 

 respectively are marked by special shading ; and the depth of the sea 

 is shown by various tints of blue. As the authors remark, much of 

 their work is tentative and liable to modification by future research ; 

 but no stronger incentive to this important research could have been 

 devised than the result of their painstaking labours now before us. 



A Contribution to the Geology and Natural History of Nottinghamshire. 

 Edited by J. W. Carr, MA, F.G.S. Small 8vo. Pp. 90. Nottingham : James 

 Bell, 1893. Price 2s. net. 



This little work was specially prepared for the use of members of 

 the British Association during the recent meeting, and is a valuable 

 compendium of the Geology, Zoology, and Botany of the district of 

 which it treats. Contributions to the geological section are made by 

 Messrs. J. Shipman and R. M. Deeley, and the Rev. J. M. Mello ; 

 the notes on birds were written by Mr. F. B. Whitlock, and the list 

 of mollusca was compiled by Mr. B. Sturges Dodd. The list and 

 notes on the vascular plants are contributed by Mr. H. Fisher. 

 Nottinghamshire is a rather monotonous county of cultivated land. 

 almost entirely within the drainage area of the Trent ; and the 

 greater part of its surface is occupied by the New Red Sandstone. 

 The fauna and flora, however, is far from meagre, and much still 

 remains to be done in recording the distribution of many groups 

 both of animals and plants. 



A Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists. By J. Britten and 

 G. S. Boulger. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 188. London: West, Newman & Co., 1893. 

 Price 5s. 



We are glad to welcome there-issue, inpne volume, of Messrs. Britten 

 and Boulger's Index of Botanical Biography. It has been piomised 

 for some time, but the authors assure us that the amount of correc- 

 tions and amplifications necessary have justified the delay. The 



