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Berwick's Swan, Curlew Sandpiper, Knot, and Sander- 

 ling. As far as the first three are concerned the quest 

 was successful, nests and eggs having been found near 

 the mouth of the river in lat. 68^. The eggs of the 

 first two are made the subject of charming coloured 

 plates, one of them by Gronvold. It is moreover in 

 this portion of the book, extending over the whole of 

 the second and part of the first volume, that the some- 

 what dry and condensed daily entries, elsewhere met 

 with, are replaced by copious and intensely interesting 

 accounts of the many rare birds observed and obtained 

 by our travellers. We had almost said — explorers, for 

 in truth the northernmost regions they visited are even 

 now quite outside the beaten track. Amongst other 

 things there is included a most valuable account of the 

 Samoyedes, their social habits and religious customs, 

 their domestic animals, and their implements of daily 

 use. 



To the aviculturist, as such in the narrowest sense, 

 the book naturally does not appeal overmuch, though 

 to him who keeps birds in aviaries, and at the same 

 time likes to know something about where they can be 

 found, the surroundings amidst which they live, and 

 the variations they present, it opens up a mine of great 

 wealth. 



The volumes are handsomely got up with good 

 paper and excellent print, and are copiously illustrated 

 with photographic reproductions of great merit. 



We recommend every ornithologist to add the 

 book to his store, and certainly no Public Library can 

 afi'ord to be without a copy in the Reference room. 



