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used always to be " Varietj^" now it is invariably 

 "Species," but the compilers of the Schedule are 

 obviously ignorant of the content of either term. After 

 all, what does it matter ! Here were a Redrump- 

 Rosella Parrakeet, a Barnard-Yellow-naped Parrakeet, 

 a Bicheno- Zebra Finch, a (so-called) St. Helena 

 Seedeater- Grey Singing Finch and a Silverbill- 

 Bengalese. We saw no reason to seriously question 

 the correctness of the alleged parentage in any case 

 except that of the St. Helena Seedeater - Grey Singing 

 Finch, but this ugly little bird, with its dark chestnut 

 back, must almost certainly have Alario Finch blood 

 in it. It is a pity that this interesting class contained 

 only five entries. 



IReview. 



Our School Out-of-Doors, a 7iaiure book for young people. By 

 the Hon. M. Cordelia Leigh. Cr. ^vo., cloth, 2/-. T. Fisher 

 Unwin, 1906. 



This is a book of some 150 pages cram full of facts, 

 more or less disconnected and ranging over the very 

 extensive field of natural objects which may present 

 themselves to a person taking a fortnightly ramble 

 from January to December by field and dale, hedgerow 

 and covert, pond and rippling stream, not forgetting 

 an occasional glance heavenwards. 



From the preface it appears to have been written 

 for the assistance of teachers in nature study, and at 

 the end of each chapter is appended a set of questions 

 designed to test the knowledge acquired by their 

 young students. 



