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Reviews. 



["Catalogue of the Natural Science and Technical Periodicals in the 

 Libraries in Melbourne," compiled by T. S. Hall, M.A., D.Sc, with the 

 assistance of E. R. Pitt, B.A. (Second edition.) By authority : J. Kemp, 

 Government Printer, Melbourne, 191 1.] 



This small but laborious task has been a labour of love by its 

 collaborateurs. It is a niost useful reference, and students and 

 others will not only thank its compilers, but the Hon. W. A. Watt, 

 as Treasurer of Victoria, for authorizing its publication by the 

 Government Printer. Mr. Kemp might, however, have made it 

 a still more easy and ready reference had he used, instead of 

 cumbersome capitals for the principal names, the Clarendon type, 

 of which he possibly has good fonts. 



["The Destructive Insects of Victoria." Part V. By C. French, F.L.S., 

 &c.] 



In Part V. of the " Handbook of Destructive Insects of Victoria," 

 recently published, Mr. C. French, as Government Entomologist, 

 carries forward his idea of making the public also acquainted with 

 the value of insectivorous birds. By means of coloured plates 

 and descriptive letter-press, twelve species are here presented. 

 There are among them such well-known birds as White Ibis, Straw- 

 necked Ibis, White-fronted Heron, Bustard, Jackass, Magpie, and 

 Stone-Plover. Argument for complete and consistent protection of 

 all such '' friends of the farmer" can never be too frequently or 

 too forcibly put. In Part I. of the " Handbook," issued in i8gi, 

 Mr. French began his crusade by a list of insect-eating birds. In 

 Part III. (1900) eight species of insectivorous birds were figured, 

 and their services recorded. Part IV. (1909) contained fourteen 

 species The plates in Part IV., and in this part now to hand, 

 are printed by a newer method of colour-printing. The bird 

 plates in Part V. are drawn by Messrs. C. C Brittlebank and 

 L. C. V. Anderson, and reproduced by Messrs. Osboldstone and 

 Co., Melbourne. Price (exclusive of postage), 2s. 6d. Obtainable 

 at any leading bookseller's. 



["Birds of the Water, Wood, and Waste." By H. Guthrie-Smith. 

 Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, Little Collins-street, Melbourne. 191 1.] 



Bird-lovers of the Dominion will welcome this volume, which 

 is of the genus of White's " Natural History of Selborne," inas- 

 much as it treats of the wild life of a single locality, and comprises 

 the observations of a true naturalist. Here are no discussions 

 about nomenclature. It is a book of field ornithology, evidently 

 written with keen delight, in which every reader is like to share. 



