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physical aspects of the country being fully discussed, with 

 lists, in conclusion, of the various species of vertebrates. In 

 all respects this instalment attains the well-known standard 

 of its predecessors, while a special feature is the addition of 

 chapters on the geology by Mr. L. W. Hinxman and on the 

 climate and its changes from the pen of Mr. Harvie-Brown, 

 to whom we are so much indebted for his constant and 

 valuable labours. 



The present volume is dedicated to our friend and fellow- 

 member the late T. E. Buckley, whose portrait, surrounded 

 by those of others connected with the work, forms one of 

 the eighteen plates which embellish the pages, in addition 

 to many smaller illustrations. An obituarial notice of the 

 Rev. H. A. Macpherson is also added. 



The accounts of the ancient breeding-places of the Osprey, 

 and the fine series of views of them, would alone make the 

 book of the greatest value. 



14. Hut ton and Drummond on the Animals of New Zealand. 



[The Animals of New Zealand ; an Account of the Colony's Air- 

 breathing Vertebrates. By Capt. F. W. Hutton, F.E.S., and James 

 Drummond. 1 vol., 8vo. 381 pp. Christchurch, Wellington, and 

 Dunedin, N.Z., Melbourne, and London. Whitcombe and Tomes, Ltd. 

 1904.] 



The Mammals of New Zealand are few in number, as are 

 also the Reptiles and Batrachians, so that the greater part 

 of this volume is taken up by the Birds. A new handbook of 

 the avifauna of New Zealand was much wanted, as Sir Walter 

 Buller's beautifully illustrated ' History ' (of which a second 

 edition was published in 1887-8) is rather too bulky for general 

 use, and his ' Manual ' was issued twenty-two years ago. 



In the present work the authors " have attempted to com- 

 bine popular information with that which is purely scientific/' 

 and have certainly succeeded in compressing a large amount 

 of useful matter into a small space. The numerous text- 

 figures reproduced from photographs are also of much value 

 as helps to identification, although we cannot say that they 

 give a pleasing effect in every case. We recognise many old 



