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Cuckoo, 29th. Spondon. — No Swallows observed here, but a few White 

 and about two Tortoiseshell Butterflies. Nottingham. — Cuckoo first 

 heard 23rd. WaUham-le-Wold. — Not a bud on the hedges until the 

 last week ; Cuckoo and Swallow arrived on the 25th. Oxford. — Cuckoo 

 heard 28th. Uppingham. — Wood Anemone, 3rd ; Potentilla Fragariastrum 

 and Caltha palustris, 5th ; Prunus spinosa, 25th Hirundo rustica, 15th; 

 Ouculus canorus, 29th. Scarborough. — Mean temperature, owing to 

 persistent cold northerly and easterly breezes, nearly 3° below the 

 average ; vegetation in consequence made extremely little progress. 

 Llandudno. — Frost each night but one till the 8th — very unusual for 

 Llandudno ; 115-6 hours of bright sunshine. Ventnor. — Oak and Ash 

 in leaf last few days of month, but vegetation very backward in 

 consequence of the cold. 



Bcbiefos. 



I'rehutoric Europe. By Jas. Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S. Pp. xviii. and 



592 ; 13 woodcuts, 5 plates. Price 25s. London : Stanford. 

 This excellent book may be considered as supplementary to a well- 

 known work, " The Great Ice Age," by the same author. In the latter 

 book the various glacial deposits are described in detail, but in " Pre- 

 historic Europe " Dr. Geikie gives a further and detailed account of the 

 cave and river-accumulations, which he was the first to show are inter- 

 calated with boulder-clays, and consequently mark mild or "inter- 

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 earliest known evidences of the existence of man. Another and most 

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 of the recent and Post-glacial deposits — the raised beaches and sub- 

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 has only lately been paid by geologists. The migrations of animals 

 and plants in consequence of the climatic changes, and the peopling of 

 the British Isles with its present fauna and flora are most ably and 

 intelligibly dealt with. 



Dr. Geikie evinces an extensive acquaintance with, and gives full 

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 literature. 



W. J. H. 



Thf Post-Tertiary Geology of Cornwall. By W. A. E. Usshee, F.G.S. 



59 pp., woodcuts. Printed for private circulation. 

 This is a very interesting and valuable account by a member of the 

 Geological Survey of the recent deposits of Cornwall. The gravels of 

 Crousa Down and the sands and clays of St. Agnes are considered to 



