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think, lie will probably create a convictiou in the minds of most of 

 his readers that he is both ! 



Only a few of the commonest birds have been described — four 

 species of Titmice, the Spotted or Pied Flycatcher, the Robin, 

 the Chaffinch, and the Willow-Wren ; but the habits of these 

 birds, and their varying moods, appear to have been closely 

 observed, and are set forth in a pleasant and chatty manner. 



Of the numerous photographs here reproduced the majority arc 

 excellent. Here aud there, however, one receives a shock, some 

 extremely indifferent pictures having been allowed to see the light. 

 Two or three of the photogravures are really beautiful. 



The book is tastefully bound, well printed, aud woull make an 

 admirable gift for young people. 



The Gross Anatomy of Limncea emarginata, Siy, var. ^Slighelsi, 

 Binneif. By Frank Collins B.vker. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 

 ii. pp.^ 189-211, with 6 plates. 1st June, 1900. 



This is a very detailed account of this freshwater mollusk, based 

 on a large number of specimens from various localities in Elaine. 

 Detailed measurements of thirty-six shells are given, and two 

 plates show the range of variation in shells, both of its normal 

 form and of the variety Mighelsi. The anatomical details are fully 

 described and figured, and compared with those of five other species 

 of LimncBa. There does not appear to be any great difference, the 

 chief novelty being the existence of two lateral blood-vessels of the 

 oesophagus and intestine, instead of the one that is usually shown 

 in the figures of other species. The plates are well drawn in 

 black and white, and offer a stock of information most useful for 

 further comparisons. 



Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Palaontologia Indica, 

 being Figures and Descriptions of tlu Organic Remains 2>''ocured 

 during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Kew Series. 

 Yol. II. Part 1. Observations sur quelques Plantes Fossiles des 

 Lower Gondwanas. Planches I.-YII. Par E. Zeiller, Ingenieur 

 en chef des Mines, &e., &c. Pages (i-ii not numbered) 1-4U. 

 Folio. Geol. Survey Office, Calcutta. Kegan Paul & Co., 

 London. 



The fossil plants submitted by C. L. Gricsbach and E. D. Oldham 

 to Professor E. Zeiller for his critical examination, and here 

 described and illustrated, have been collected at various places in 

 the Peninsular Coalfields of India since the publication of Dr. 0. 

 Feistmantel's grand work on the Fossil Flora of the Gondwana 

 System (Paloeont. Indica, ser. xii. vol. iv. part 2, 18S6). The Pal. 

 Ind. Memoirs especially containing his account of the fossil plants 

 from Talcbir, Damuda, South Eewah, and elsewhere in "Western 

 Ann.& Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. xi. 10 



