22S The Naturalist in Bermuda. 



sible to condense or analyze ; but the work itself is on sale at a 

 price which places it within reach of any one. 



The engravings in the first Decade were executed in Loudon. 

 Those in the fourth have been done in a less expensive but equally 

 effective style in Montreal, the drawing on stone being the work 

 of Mr. Smith, an artist attached to the Survey, and the printing 

 by Mr. Matthews. 



J. W. D. 



REVIEWS. 



The Naturalist in Bermuda; a sketch of the Geology, Zoology,and 

 Botany of that remarkable group of Islands, together with 

 meteorological observations. By I. M. Jones, Esq., middle 

 temple, assisted by Major J. W. Wedderburn, and J. L. 

 Hurdis, Esq. AVith a map and illustrations ; London, Reeves 

 & Trubner. Montreal : B. Dawson & Son pp. 200. 



This is a very creditable production considering that it has 



been written bv one whose residence on the islands was but brief. 



The author has been largely indebted for many facts and incidents 



to amateur Naturalists, whose local knowledge and observation 



are both accurate and extensive. The book gives a brief account 



of the Geology of these curious islands abridged from the first 



paper ever published on the subject, by Col. Nelson, R. E., and 



printed in the transactions of the Geological Society of London. 



Probably not much more than what is contained in that paper 



can be said of the calcareous rocks of which these islands are 



composed. A more minute examination would, however, we 



believe lead to interesting conclusions, as to the physical changes 



of which they have been the theatre. The whole group is made 



up of curiously formed croralline arenaceous rocks, some parts of 



which are of a finer grain and more indurated than others, they 



aie in fact, just a series of petrified sand hills. The most interesting 



part of this book is that in the department of Ornithology. It 



occupies about a third part of the volume, and contains a pretty 



accurate enumeration of the species to be found from time to time 



on the islands; several valuable notices are given concerning the 



migrations of the migratory birds. Very few birds are permanent 



residents in the Bermudas, but immense numbers are known at 



particular seasons, to rest there as they pass to the South and 



North. Most of these latter are natives of the American Conti- 



