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REVIEWS.


HOW TO ATTRACT AND PROTECT WILD BIRDS.*

This is the second and revised edition of a German work

which has been translated for the benefit of English brid lovers. It

may be said to deal chiefly with the active side of Bird Protection.

To protect birds efficiently in a continent like Europe, which is

almost entirely dominated by man and his works, it is not

sufficient merely to pass laws and prevent undue destruction

of bird-life. Many species owe their diminution not so much

to their direct destruction by man as to the destruction of their

homes, such as woods, old ruins, draining of marshes, and the

general higher state of cultivation, which must inevitably follow

the advance of civilisation. Count Berlepsch, an eminent

German ornithologist, has, after many years experimenting,

discovered the best and most efficient way by which artificial

homes, either in the form of nest boxes or by the planting and

cultivation of special shrubs and trees, can be made to replace

the natural homes that have been unavoidably destroyed. By

these means many species of birds can be induced to settle and

nest and their numbers thereby greatly increased. The results

of Count Berlepsch’s work are given in this little book, which

is copiously illustrated to show the different forms of nest-boxes,

feeding troughs, etc., etc., and also to show the most suitable

situations and methods in which they should be fixed. To all

bird-lovers who have a garden, however small, this book should

especially appeal, as by following its directions they will pro¬

bably be able to induce many species to make their home with

them. We might mention that specimens of the Berlepsch nest-

boxes are 011 view and on sale at the offices of the Royal Society

for the Protection of Birds, 23, Queen Anne’s Gate, London, S.W.


THE BRITISH WARBLERS.f

Part V. of Mr. Eliot Howard’s fine work on the British

Warblers is fully equal to the very high standard of the preced¬

ing parts both as regards letterpress and illustrations.



* How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds, by Martin Hikskmann ; translated by

Emma S. Buchheim, with an introduction by Hkr Grace thic Duchess of Bedford.

Second Edition, with many revisions and illustrations, ioi pp. London : Withkrby & Co.


t'l'HE British Warblers, A history with problems of their lives, by H. Eliot

Howard, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. Part V. London : 1 <. H. Porter. Price 21/- net.



