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the intelligence of an expert ornithologist, as witness the case, among 



others, of the Florida Meadowlark. 



It is to be hoped that the author will be blessed with health and further 

 opportunities for the completion of the grand work he has so successfully- 

 undertaken and already carried so far. — J. A. A. 



Bird-Nesting with a Camera.' — The prospectus accompanying this 

 sumptuous work tells us that the edition will be liinited to 300 copies of 

 18 to 20 parts, each part to contain ten plates, with descriptions of the 

 habits of the species, and a more special history of the nests illustrated. 

 Material has already been collected for the first thirteen parts, which will 

 be issued at intervals of four to six weeks, and with the exception of 

 " one or two " of the rarer species the author expects to present a complete 

 series of the nests of British birds photographed in situ. If he -succeeds 

 in his undertaking, and in the remaining parts of his work maintains the 

 standard of excellence reached by Part I, he will have made on unparalled 

 contribution to ornithology. 



Only those who have tried it know how much patience and ingenuity is 

 required to obtain satisfactory photographs of birds' nests, and only 

 those who have had experience with publishers know how difficult it is 

 to secure a proper reproduction of the photograph after it is made. 

 In both tasks Mr. Lee has achieved imqualified success. The ten photo- 

 gravures included in Part I of his work, whether viewed from the stand- 

 point of the photographer or reproducer, are above criticism, while neither 

 pen nor pencil could so grapically illustrate the nesting haunts of the 

 species they represent. 



The text presents a general account of the species as a British bird, and 

 very wisely, a particular account of the nest figured, with interesting 

 incidents concerning the making of the photograph. — F. M. C. 



Thompson's Art Anatomy.'- — This admirable woi-k is an outcome of the 

 author's training both as a naturalist and artist. It goes without saying 

 that no anatomist could alone have produced the series of beautiful plates 



' Among British Birds in their Nesting Haunt.s. Illustrated by the Camera. 

 By Oswin A. J. Lee. Part I. Edinburgh. David Douglas. Folio, pp. 39, pll. 

 x. (Price los. 6d. per part to subscribers only.) 



- Studies in the | Art Anatomy of Animals | Being a Brief Analysis of the 

 Visible Forms of the more | Familiar Mammals and Birds. Designed for the 



I Use of Sculptors, Painters, Illustrators, | Naturalists, and Taxidermists. | By | 

 Ernest E. Seton Thompson | Naturalist to the government of Manitoba ; 

 Author of "The Birds of Manitoba," "The Mammals of Manitoba," | "The 

 King of Currumpaw," Exposaitt an Salon. \ Illustrated with One Hundred 



Drawings by the Author | London | Macmillan and Co., Ltd. | New York : 

 The Macmillan Co. | 1896. — Folio, pp. viii +87 ; pll. xlix. 



