360 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
petrified with astonishment, sitting on his haunches. His full dark eye is 
on you with a gaze of intense anxiety; his nostrils work as if sniffing; his 
whiskers move; and every now and then he thumps with his hind legs upon 
the earth with a low dull thud. This is evidently a sign of great alarm, at 
the sound of which any other rabbit within hearing instantly disappears in 
the ‘bury.’ Yet there your friend sits, and watches you, as if spell-bound, 
so long as you have the patience neither to move hand or foot nor to turn 
your eye. Keep your glance on a frond of the fern just beyond him, and he 
will stay. The instant your eye meets his, or a finger stirs, he plunges out 
of sight.” 
Did space permit, we might quote several passages on the habits 
of wild creatures, which we do not doubt would prove interesting 
to the readers of this journal. The remarks on the mole (p. 108), 
on field mice (p. 109), and on weasels hunting in packs (p. 119), 
seem to have been dictated by a close observation of the habits 
of these animals and a keen appreciation of the wonderful works 
of Nature. 
The International Dictionary for Naturalists and Sportsmen. 
In English, French and German. By Epwin Simpson BalkIE. 
Part I., 8vo, pp. 16 (price one shilling). Triibner & Co., 
Ludgate Hill. 1878. 
Many of our countrymen who annually go abroad on shooting 
and fishing tours must have experienced, not unfrequently, the 
inutility of dictionaries, which do not afford the German or 
French equivalents for the numerous technical terms appertaining 
to their favourite sport. The language of the chase is indeed a 
language to itself, and needs a special dictionary. Such a work has 
been designed by Mr. Simpson Baikie, and will contain, in three 
languages, “ithe terms used in Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, &c., 
Natnral History, and the Sciences.” 
The first “ part” of sixteen pages is now before us, and extends 
perbaps half way through the letter B. At this early stage of the 
work, it would be scarcely fair to the author to express an opinion 
on its merits; but we do not doubt that when completed it will 
prove of considerable utility to those for whom it is specially 
designed. 
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