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Herrick, F. H. The Home Life of Wild Birds, g means of a portable tent and camera, 

 A New Method of the Study and Photog- ^ ^ 



raphy of Birds. With 141 original illustra- Professor Herrick has solved the prob- 

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of the nesting bird, especially during 



the period between hatching and the lirst flight of the fledglings. The nest, 

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 near the original site, and the observation tent is set up close at hand. Con- 

 cealed within it the observer can study at close quarters the behavior of both 

 parents and young, and can record with the camera the various phases of the 

 domestic life of birds. The author gives very full directions for the use of his 

 method, and offers a number of suggestions for its wider application by others 

 who would follow this fascinating sport. The apparatus used is in the main 

 very simple, and can be easily managed by any one familiar with photography 

 and possessed of the naturalist's patience and the ornithologist's enthusiasm. A 

 brief review can give but little idea of the originality and freshness of these 

 pages (for this is no ordinary " bird book "), which bring within sight and touch 

 of the reader the secrets of the home life of our native birds. The abundant 

 illustrations secured under these ideal conditions record what no naturalist has 

 before seen, and " what no artist could hope to portray." Professor Herrick 

 details in this book the results of his study by this method of fifteen of the land 

 birds of New England, and his pages will prove to be a rich mine of suggestive 

 information for teachers of nature-study and the " new " natural history. 

 Though strictly scientific in method and treatment, the book is well adapted to 

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Peter, K. Mitthdlungen zur Entwicklungs- ^^g author gives a very full account of 

 geschichte der tidechse. II, Die Schlund- ° •' 



spalten in ihrer Anlage, Ausbildung und the origin, growth, disappearance, and 

 Bedeutung. Arch f. Mik. Anat. und Ent- derivations df the gill-clefts in the 

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lizard. The process was followed from 



embryos of 4 somites (length of embryo 1.8 mm.) to those whose length was 

 6.3 mm. The greater part of this period is passed before the eggs are laid. 



