190 Reviews and Book Notices. 
YORKSHIRE MOSSES. 
Leskea catenulata (Brid.) Mitt.—In some way this moss 
has been omitted from Mr. Slater’s list in the new edition of 
North Yorkshire. It is given on page 130 under the name of 
Pseudoleskea catenulata in the list of plants on the summit and 
higher slopes of Micklefell, and I gathered it there in 1906. 
Orthothecium rufescens. (Dicks.) B. and S.—This 
distinct moss I got at Easter this year at the bottom of Park 
Gill, Buckden. It is not mentioned in the account of the 
Langstrothdale and Buckden Mosses by Mr. W. Ingham, B.A., 
in the Sept., 1904, ‘Naturalist,’ and does not seem to have 
been reported in Wharfedale proper, though known from Mal- 
ham to Arncliffe.—Curis. A. CHEETHAM. 
—_+oe— 
REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 
The Rev. E. A. Woodruffe-Peacock, F.G.S., of Cadney, Brigg, continues 
to publish his useful ‘ Rural Studies Series,’ the last issued, No. 9, dealing 
with ‘ Pasture and Meadow Analysis’ (J. W. Goulding & Son, Louth, 20 pp., 
1/-). In this the author gives an account of his method of carefully analysing 
the flora of a meadow by dividing an area into squares and carefully 
investigating the contents of each square. 
The Common Wild Birds of Great Britain, by David T. Price, 
M.D. Gurney & Jackson, 1907, 62 pp., 1/- net. We have tested this book, 
and it appears to be thoroughly reliable and to admirably answer its 
purpose as ‘ A ready aid to distinguish the Common Wild Birds of Britain.’ 
The birds are arranged according to their habitats and sizes, and by a 
series of cross-references it is quite an easy matter to distinguish most of 
the birds likely to be met with in a ramble in any part of the country. It is 
just the book for a beginner who does not want to be troubled with details 
of the birds he is very unlikely to see. 
List of British Seed=-Plants and Ferns, by James Britten and 
A. B. Rendle, Department of Botany, British Museum. 44 pp. 4d. 
British Botanists will feel indebted to the compilers of this List for 
placing at their disposal the results of the International Rules of Botanical 
Nomenclature, adopted by the Botanical Congress at Vienna, 1905, in so far 
as they affect British plants For the convenience of Botanists they have 
correlated the names adopted in the three principal handbooks, viz., 
Bentham’s ‘Handbook,’ Hooker's ‘Students’ Flora,’ and Babington's 
‘Manual,’ so that one sees at a glance the changes that have been made in 
cases where the name is not adopted in the List. The List has been 
shortened by the omission of Channel Island plants and critical forms of 
genera, such as Rubus, Hieraciwm, etc. Much time and money was spent 
by the Congress in framing these rules, and it is hoped their general 
adoption will lead to something like stability in Botanical Nomenclature. 
Text Book of Fungi, including Morphology, Physiology, Pathology, 
Classification, etc. By George Massee. Duckworth & Co., London, 
1906. 427 pages. Price 6/- net. 
Mr. Massee is well known in the north. His attendance at the annual 
Fungus Forays of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union has enabled many 
Naturalist, 
