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the various foxes described by Philippi*, but most, if not all, 
of them would seem to have been the large Chilian fox 
(Pseudalopex culpea) of different ages and sexes. It has 
been asserted—whether rightly or wrongly—that the owners 
of a farm near Santiago amused themselves by sending in to 
the aged Director of the Museum speciinens of their local fox, 
which they labelled with various fictitious localities in distant 
parts of Chili, and that these became the bases of many of 
Philippi’s species. 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 
British Mammals. Written and Illustrated by A. Taorsorn, F.Z.S. 
With 50 Plates in Colour and Pen-and-ink Sketches in the Text. 
In Two Volumes. Vol. I. Longmans, Green, and Co. London, 
1920. 
Mr. Tsorsurn and his publishers are to be congratulated on 
producing what is, perhaps, the most beautifully illustrated work on 
British Mammals which has ever appeared. ‘The first: volume, now 
before us, deals with the Chiroptera, Insectivora, and Carnivora, 
and just enters upon the Rodentia by giving accounts of the 
squirrel aud dormouse. 
The plates form the chief and most valuable feature of the book. 
Taken as a whole, they are remarkable for their good drawing and 
for their superb and faithful colouring. Many of them, indeed, 
are of exquisite beauty. The pictures of the pine-martin, pole-cat, 
fox, seals, and, above all, of the mole are especially attractive. 
That of the wild-cat is excellent as regards colour, but the reviewer 
cannot decide whether he likes the pose chosen or not—the figure 
looks a little too like that of a domestic kitten at play. The 
attitudes of the shrews are also not quite convincing; and the 
drawings of the bats, though very artistic, leave something to be 
desired us regards detail. In the latter case, no doubt, the difficulty 
of procuring living material of many species has seriously handi- 
capped the artist. 
The text naturally is of minor importance. It is, however, quite 
adequate for its main purpose of linking together and giving point 
to the beautiful pictures, which form the real contents of the book. 
It is attractively written, and will no doubt stimulate those younger 
naturalists fortunate enough to command the service of such a 
* Arch. f. Nat. 1903, p. 1565 et seqq. 
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