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NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 



Siberia in Asia : a Visit to the Valley of the Yenesay in East 

 Siberia: with Descriptions of the Natural History, Migra- 

 tions of Birds, d-c. By Henry Seebohm. 8vo, pp. 298, 

 with Map and Illustrations. London : John Murray. 1882. 



The narrative of Mr. Seehohm's former journey to European 

 Siberia in 1875, when he explored the country lying between the 

 White and the Kara Seas, will be fresh in the recollection of our 

 readers.* Encouraged by the experience then gained and the 

 collections made, and anxious to push on beyond the Ural further 



BOUNDARY STOKE BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA. 



to the north-east, in the hope of securing fresh novelties and 

 discovering the breeding haunts of certain birds, whose nidifica- 

 tion has hitherto been shrouded in mystery, he resolved to make 

 a second journey, and accordingly set out in March, 1877. 



The expedition, as may be supposed, was a very arduous one, 

 for after travelling by rail across Europe to St. Petersburgh, and 



* See ' Zoologist,' 1881, pp. 75, 11G. 



