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1 Very rare in Sussex. 



- Two, out of four seen, killed and sent to a naturalist at Market Weston, Thetford. 



The Field Naturalist's Library. 



Reviews of Books, Periodicals, Etc. 



A Book of Beasts and Birds. By Gambier Bolton, F.Z.S. 

 London : George Newnes, Ltd. Price 5s. 



In this handsomely got-up book Mr Gambier Bolton has utilised a 

 very large number of his splendid photographs as centres round which 

 to write about many curious beasts and birds, and the result is an 

 eminently readable volume which also pleases the eye. The book is 

 here and there scientific and here and there otherwise, and sometimes a 

 curious mixture. Our author opens with a sentence which leads us to 

 expect that he intends to be severely accurate in his terminology, or at 

 any rate gives the impression that he considers others should be so. 

 He says, " One so often hears the words ' animal,' ' beast,' and 

 ' mammal ' jumbled together and used indiscriminately, that it is worth 

 while to note briefly the differences in their meanings. Whilst the word 



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