The Zoolooist— May, 1870. 2171 



the comfortable walls of the lighthouse forget the perils of rock- 

 climbing. 



Theodore C. Walker. 



Erratum.— In 'Birds of the Outer Hebrides,' Chap. II. (S. S. 2113, lines 18 

 and 19), /or whinchat read wheatear. — T. C. W. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTICES OF NEW BOORS. 



^Narrative of a Spring Tour in Portugal: By the Rev. A. C. 

 Smith, M.A. Loudon : Longmans, Green & Co. 1870. 

 220 pp. post 8vo. 



A nation swoln with ignorance and pride, 

 Who lick yet loathe the hand ihal waves the sword 

 To save them from the wrath of Gaul's unsparing lord. 



But whoso entereih within this town, 

 That, sheening far, celestial seems to be, 

 Disconsolate will wander up and down, 

 'Mid many things unsightly to strange e'e ; 

 For hut and palace show like filthily : 

 The dingy denizens are reared in dirt ; 

 Ne personage of high or mean degree 

 Doth care for cleanness of surtout or shirt, 

 Though shent with Egypt's plague, unkempt, unwashed ; unhurt. 



Bybon. 



There is scarcely a name more familiar to the readers of the 

 'Zoologist' than that of the Rev. Alfred Charles Smith, and certainly 

 no contributions to its pages have been more agreeable and acceptable 

 than those which have emanated from his pen. This narrative, unlike 

 his communications to this journal, contains but a modicum of Natural- 

 History information, being almost exclusively devoted to descriptions 

 of the scenery admired and institutions visited. Mr. Smith's remarks, 

 en passant, somewhat take us by surprise, because at variance with 

 preconceived and perhaps not unprejudiced conclusions ; for instance, 

 he writes of Lisbon thus : — " As we wandered through the handsome 

 streets and admired the elegant buildings, the squares and public 

 gardens, we simultaneously exclaimed that we knew no foreign town 

 which had such a general air of cleanliness, and we were agreeably 

 surprised to find how remarkably bright and fresh and sweet the 



