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have been awarded the Back Bequest for 1903 by the Royal 

 Geographical Society. I am afraid that a large proportion of 

 the botanists of the country do not see the Journal of the 

 Royal Geographical Society. My own contributions to the 

 knowledge of Yorkshire plant-distribution are dated here 1885. 

 This is the date of the second edition of my * North Yorkshire,' 

 issued in the Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, 

 but this does not differ, except in additional details, from the 

 first edition, which was published in 1863. We are indebted to 

 the Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society for permission 

 to reproduce two of the photographs. J. G. Baker. 



Natural History Record Books. By Rev. W. J. Wingate. Bishop 

 Auckland. 6d. 



The Secretary of the Durham Naturalists' Union has, in 

 preparing this Record Book, distinctly made a forward step in 

 the direction of the county surveys proposed in the January 

 number of ' The Naturalist.' The author issues it as an experi- 

 ment, but we venture to think that the general plan of the 

 Record Book has come to stay, although minor details may 

 require to be modified as experience is gained. It may be 

 described as a composite note-book consisting of a booklet of 

 instructions and five note-books. The instructions are precise 

 and clearlv set forth the method of using them, and are intended 

 to be used for observations in five sections of Natural History. 

 The six booklets pack into one cover, and the whole is by no 

 means bulky, so that several Record Books may easily be 

 stowed into one's pockets. The method of recording is applic- 

 able to any branch of natural history, and greatly simplifies the 

 work of recording observations. The whole idea is so excellent 

 and suggestive, that we heartily recommend Naturalists to see 

 for themselves by procuring a copy from the author, who issues 

 the book at a price which must barely cover the cost of printing, 

 paper, and preparation. W. G. S. 



ZOOLOGICAL SYNONYMY. 



Index Animalium | sive | index nonunum quae ab a.d. mdcclvhi ! 

 generibus et speciebus animalium | imposita sunt j societatibus eruditorum 

 adiuvantibus | a | Carolo Davies Sherborn 1 confectus | Sectio Priira 

 I a kalendis ianuariis, MDCCLVni | usque ad finem decenibris, MDCCC 

 Cantabrig-iae | e typographio academico ] M DCCC II | 



[Large 8vo., lx+ 1195 pages, cloth.] 



It is "impossible to over-estimate the value of works of this class to real 

 scientific investigators, and the sincerest thanks of all such are due to the 

 learned societies— the British Association, the Royal and the Zoological 

 Societies— whose financial aid has made its production feasible, and to 



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