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are not detailed. In the account of Knowledge, we note a 

 little mistake which is perhaps worth correcting, viz., that it 

 was not acquired by Wither by & Co. until just previous to 

 the death of its former proprietor and editor, A. C. Ranyard. 



We have made these criticisms of detail in the hope that 

 some day Mr. Sheppard will issue a second edition of the 

 work, making it still more complete and thus still more useful. 

 Did we not know, as readers of the Naturalist, that Mr. 

 Sheppard (its editor) was quite incorrigible in the matter of 

 puns, we should appeal for the suppression of the somewhat 

 crude examples on page 2, as well as any ncAV ones, however 

 tempting to the author. 



Honour to Mr. W. Eagle Clarke. — On July 6th, 1916, at 

 the University of St. Andrews, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke received 

 the honorary degree of LL.D. We congratulate Mr. Eagle 

 Clarke on this well-earned reward for his many years of 

 valuable sci.ntific work, especially in connexion with the 

 migration of birds, which he has studied continuously 

 since 1884. 



