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an enormous and grotesquely formed Toado, reaching a weight 

 of nearly a ton. The alien fishes introduced into South Aus- 

 tralia are Gold Carp, Tench, Perch, Brown Trout, and the Cali- 

 fornian Rainbow Trout. 



Pictures from works published in many parts of the world 

 have been reproduced for the illustrations in the book : quite a 

 number are from books and papers published in Australia. 

 Illustrations of the Fishing Frogs, most of the Box Fishes, and 

 some others are reproductions from prints of the beautiful 

 drawings of Mr. A. R. McCulloch, of Sydney. One of them is 

 here utilised, the block being kindly lent by the Public Library 

 Board of South Australia. 



BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRABT. 



1. ''An Elementary Text-Book of Australian Forest Botany." 

 By C. T. White, F.L.S., Government Botanist of Queens- 

 land. Presented by the Author. A review will appear in 

 our next number. 



2. "Knowing Insects through Stories." By Floyd Baral- 



lier. 



3 "Some Minor Horrors." Dealing entertainingly with 

 flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, etc. 



4. ' ' Fungi, and How to Know Them. " By E. W. Swanton. 



5. "The Biology of the Sea Shore." By F. W. Flatterly and 

 C. L. Walton. 



6. The Smithsonian Institution, of Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 

 sends a number of publications, the titles of which are as 

 follow : — 



fimithsonian Reports, Washington, U.S.A. Racial Groups and Figures 

 in the Natural History Building of the U.S. National Museum. 

 Parasitism and Symbiosis. Major Causes of Land and Sea Oscil- 

 lations. Local Suppression of Agricultural Peats by Birds. Vita- 

 mins. Soil Acidity. The Chemistry of the Earth's Crust. The 

 Bryozoa. The Homed Dinosaurs. Rhythm in Nature. The Occult 

 Senses in Birds. The Senses of Insects. Some Orchard Pests. 

 The Origin of Insect Societies. Daturas of the Old World and the 

 New. Fire Worship of the Hopi Indians. Notes of the I>'ama, 

 Music and Songs of Mexico. Studying the Sun's Heat. The 

 Habitability of Mars, Venus, and other Planets. Giant Suns. 

 A Bundle of Meteorological Paradoxes. The Structure of Crystals. 

 The Mass Spectra of the Chemical Elements. Adventures ^^ ^^^ 

 Life of a Fiddler Crab. The Botanical Gardens of Jamaica. The 

 Effect! of Vaxyiag Length of Day and Night on Flowering Plants. 



