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the man claims our ~atthhtioh as mucn a?, or 

 more Hian, tho biology of the birds. Jn addi- 

 tion to this wo fiud a chapter of nearly 50 pages 

 dpvotrd chiefly 'o two oontribnted papers on 

 Ottor-huntius and Falconry. The result is a 

 fairly larjfe voliuno, published at a fairly large 

 pric:^. and containing a g.ood deal of hetero- 

 geneous information, of which in (ho main it 

 may bo said that to tho general reader muih of 

 tho ornithological side will be wearisome, wliile 

 the export uill find a great portion of the hook 

 given up to matters which, though full of their 

 own special interest, he had hardly expected to 

 find in a work "on birds." The plates, how- 

 ever, illustrating viirious kinds of birds, are ex- 

 cellent ; the paper.= on Otter-hunting and Fal- 

 conry are bright and inspiriting, and sufficient 

 in tJiemselves to kindle a flame of enthusiasm 

 in the brea.st of the uninitiat«l : while the study 

 of a character at once so symp;ithetic. and c'xact 

 as tliat nf the late Lord Lilford cannot fail to 

 be of tho grealcst benefit to any reader. And 

 to llKwe, and Ihc^y roust be many, to whom it 

 is a pleasure to linger ovei- the srattorcd noles 

 of a careful observer of tho fans of natural 

 history whereby tjicy will gain both instruotion 

 and delight this book may be fairly eonmiendcd. 

 But it I'annot be regarded as » serious (nntri- 

 bution cither (o ornitLology proper or loEcienre 

 at large. This is not to .^ay that the notes 

 Uiemsplves are at fault, or even useless: but 

 they are notes only. ?iich as may he pigeon- 

 jtiolcd or even gathcr»ti up into coherent form 



witJiin the pages of some soientifio journal, but 

 such as shctild Dewer find their way into book 

 form iml.il the time oiroes when they may serve 

 their purpoee as illustrations of general prin- 

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