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insects were located there. The birds, having wings, escaped 
annihilation, and have gone elsewhere; the fish and shells, of 
course, were destroyed entirely, and many of the insects and 
plants also, in consequence of the entire change; but, without 
doubt, another set of animals and plants has taken the place of 
the previous occupants, and certainly are of more use to man 
under the altered conditions, but hardly so interesting to the 
naturalist.” 
We have not space to extract from Mr. Adamson’s pages 
many observations which are worth quoting, and which invite 
comment; such, for instance, as his ‘‘ Naturalist’s View of the 
Close-time for Sea-birds,” and his remarks on the preservation 
of wildfowl. In a few instances, we observe, he has reprinted 
communications from other naturalists addressed to the Editor 
of ‘ The Field,’ on subjects on which he himself has written. ‘T'o 
this there can be no objection when the information is worth 
reprinting, and is “ warranted genuine” by the publication of the 
writer's name; but we question the desirability of reprinting 
anonymous communications like that of “ Aquarius,” given at 
p. 79. This is a note on the Fulmar Petrel, wherein the writer 
states that he has “ very constant opportunity of observing” these 
birds; that they dive freely, but in a peculiar manner, following 
the shoals of sprats or young herrings in great flocks on the 
wing, and dropping over them like a hailstorm; diving about six 
or eight feet beneath the surface, using wings and feet as most 
sea-birds do, but never diving deep or remaining long under 
water. Now this is an interesting fact if it could be substantiated, 
but as the reader is not furnished either with the name of the 
locality where the observation was made or the name of the 
observer, he is left in doubt whether the statement can be relied 
upon, and whether the writer was likely to know a Fulmar from 
a Manx Shearwater. 
The omission of anonymous communications (unless made by 
persons known to the author as reliable observers and stated to 
be so) would not have detracted from the merits of Mr. Adamson’'s 
reprint; while its value might have been enhanced by the adoption 
of a uniform pagination throughout, and the addition of a good 
index, the single page of ‘‘ Contents,’ miscalled ‘“ Index,” being 
hardly sufficient for practical purposes. 
