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REVIEWS.



THE BIRDS OF TENNYSON.*


To those of our members who are interested in the works

ofthelate Poet Laureate, the beautifully got up book by Mr.Watkin

Watkins will prove a great delight. Few of the poets were so

familiar with the English country-side, and few had a sounder

knowledge of the birds, or knew better how to present a more

faithful picture of their life habits. It is, therefore, somewhat

remarkable that a book like that now before us has not appeared

before. Mr. Watkins has done for Tennyson what Mr. Halting

has done for Shakespeare, namely, collected and explained the

many references to birds to be found in his poems, and his book

is rendered doubly attractive by a series of excellent illustrations

by Mr. Lodge.



BRITISH BIRDS IN CAPTIVITY.f


Few, if any, of our members who keep British birds to

any extent are unfamiliar with the late Dr. Bradburn’s most

useful handbook, for it is a book that the aviculturist or fancier

who attempts to liand-rear British birds, whether he keeps them

for show or otherwise, cannot do well without. There is

certainly no other book of the kind that goes so very fully into

the many matters connected with British birds from a fancier’s

point of view, and, although some may disagree with him on

a few of his theories, no one will deny that his book is most

valuable to those who would “ go in ” for many British birds.


The present edition has been revised and enlarged by Mr.

Allen Silver and contains some nice illustrations, as well as a

valuable article by Mr. Fulljames on the feeding of insectivorous

birds.



* The Birds of Tennyson , by Watkin Watkins, B.A., Cantab. London : R. H. Porter.


+ British Birds : their successful management in captivity, with other allied information to

fanciers. By D. J. Denham Bradburn. Third Edition, revised and enlarged by

Allen Silver, London : “ Feathered World ” Office.



