86 J^ev/eivs a fid Book Xoticcs. 



''Melissa officinalis L. Alien. In a field a few hundred yards 

 away from the cottag^es at Newland, near Ulverston. An 

 old escape ? 

 Dr. R. H. Beardsley, of Grange, has kindly allowed me to 



include the following^ from a list of the late Dr. Amos Beardsley, 



F. L.S., etc. : — 



Lathrasa Squamaria L. Hampsfell, Lanes. ; Whitbarrow, 

 Westm. 



Daphne Laureola L. Grange, 1882. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Arthur Bennett for his kindness in 



naming" specimens. 



REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 

 The Birds of Bempton Cliffs. By E. W. Wade. A. Brown and 

 Son^, Hull. Price 2s. net. 



In this pamphlet the author g'ives a concise and most interest- 

 ing- history of the birds of the famous Bempton, or, as they are 

 best known to the outside world, Flamborough cliffs, and he 

 performs his task in a masterly fashion as one who has had 

 a long- experience of the subjects he loves to write upon. 



He first deals with the scenery of the locality, than which 

 there is no grander feature on the whole of the east coast ; he 

 then dilates on the threatened depopulation of the breeding- 

 places by indiscriminate slaug-hter, which was, happily, put an 

 end to by the Wild Birds' Protection Acts ; next follows a 

 description of the different species of birds that frequent the 

 chalk cliffs, and full details of the life and economy of the 

 Guillemot, which is, needless to state, //le bird of Bempton. 

 In dealing- with this matter, as the author is an expert climber 

 himself, he is enabled to g-ive many facts at first hand, but in 

 addition, he has had the privilege of drawing upon old ' Ned ' 

 Hodgson's vast store of reminiscences. 



When Mr. Wade first visited the place the eggs of the 

 Guillemot were not in g-reat request: some of the best specimens 

 might have been purchased for a few pence, but nowadays the 

 increased interest taken in oology has caused a corresponding 

 increase in the demand for varieties; naturalists from all parts of 

 the kingdom come to see the 'dimmers,' and prices have accord- 

 ingly risen: as much as five shillings, seven and sixpence, and 

 even, in exceptional cases, half-a-sovereign being paid for 

 ' fancy coloured ' eggs. 



It would not be doing justice to the author were I to quote 



N.Ttiiralist, 



