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The Natural History of South Africa. By F. W. Fitzsimons, 

 F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., Director, Port Elizabeth Museum. 

 Mammals, in Four Volumes. (Longmans, Green & Co., 

 London) . 



Volumes L and IL were published in 1919 and Volumes IIL 

 and IV. in 1921. Volume L deals with the Primates, the 

 Chiroptera and the Carnivora in part (the cats proper). 

 Volume IL, with the Civets, Genets, members of the mungoose 

 family, dogs, jackhals, the Mustelidee and the sea lion. 

 Volumes III. and IV., with Ungulates, the rodents and the 

 whales. 



Although only short descriptions of the animals are given, 

 their habits are very fully dealt with and numerous anecdotes 

 are related that should appeal to the layman. The work is 

 well printed, conveniently arranged and thoroughly illustrated. 

 It is one that has long been wanted and is greatly to be com- 

 mended, especially as an introduction to a more serious study 

 of our fauna. However, many of the illustrations are vastly 

 disappointing. These have been prepared from photographs of 

 museum specimens and the titles imply that they depict the living 

 animals in their natural surroundings. This cannot be too 

 strongly disapproved of. Unhappily some of the pictures are 

 grotesque either because the specimens portrayed are so obviously 

 stuffed or because they were set down for portraiture in the 

 wrong surroundings. (Contributed). 



South African Mammals. By Alwin Haagner, Director of the 

 National Zoological Gardens of South Africa. H. F. h 

 G. Witherby, London, and T. Maskew Miller, Cape 

 Town. 1920. Price20s.net. 



This well-printed book serves as an introduction to the study 

 of South African Mammals, and will be found useful and in- 



