i6 Reviews and Bonk Notices. 



The Flight of Birds, by Giovanni a Borelli, is No. 6 of the ' Aeronautical 

 Classics ' published by The Aeronautical Society, by Messrs. King, Sell 

 and Olding, Ltd., 27 Chancery Lane, W.C., at i/-. 



This is a report of Borelli's remarkable work on the flight of birds, 

 ■which was printed in the seventeenth century, and in addition there is a 

 useful Biographical notice of this early writer. 



Bird Protection and the Feather Trade, by Dr. A. Menegaux, of the 



National Museum of Natural History, Paris (Sampson, Low, Marston &Co., 

 32 pp., 6d.), is from the original article published in the Bulletin de la- 

 Societc Philomathique de Paris, and is a careful account of the great harm 

 to bird life as a result of the demands of fashion. As an appendix the 

 writer gives a ' List of Species of Birds which have become extinct within 

 the last 500 years, or are in danger of disappearance,' and the list is appal- 

 lingly long. 



The Life of the Common Gull told in Photographs, by C. Rubow. Lon- 

 don : Witherby & Co. 1/6 net. 



In this pamphlet are reproductions of 25 charming photographs illus- 

 trating various phases in the life of the Common Gull, and there are also 

 six pages of letterpress, translated from the Dutch. The illustrations will 

 equally appeal to the photographer and the ornithologist. 



What will the Weather Be ? by H. G. Bush. Cambridge : W. Heffer & 

 Sons. 6d. net. 



This is a simply worded and carefully written pamphlet, which has 

 already been referred to in these pages. The present, the second edition, 

 has been entirely re-written, and some illustrations have been added. It 

 is a useful httle handbook. 



Introduction to the Study of Rocks, and Guide to the Rock Collections ia 

 Kilvingrove Museum, by Peter Macnair. Glasgow. 80 pp., 3d. 



This pamphlet is well written, and quite apart from the fact that it is 

 a Museum Guide, it will be found to be a useful introduction to the study 

 of rocks. It is written in clear language, and is well illustrated by photo- 

 graphs and diagrams. 



We have received a List of Herbaceous and Alpine Plants in Roundhay 

 Park, Leeds, compiled by Mr. A. J. Allsop, and sold at one penny. 



It is a very useful compilation and will doubtless be glaaly purchased 

 by visitors to Roundhay Park. Readers can also find out where to buy 

 manure and dried blood, virgin cork, homely cups of tea, sham blinds, 

 drugs, hair felt, harness, sanitary appliances, and boots! There are also 

 blank spaces for notes. 



With commendable punctuality. Part 9. of Major Barrett-Hamilton's 

 History of British Mammals (Gurney & Jackson, price 2/6 net) has made 

 its appearance. It deals with the Lesser Shrew, the Water Shrew, Hares and 

 Rabbits, and the extinct Pika or Mouse-hare. There are some excellent 

 illustrations of the heads and skulls of the shrews, etc., and a fine coloured 

 plate of Stoats. So far as we have been able to test them, the particulars 

 as to distribution, etc., are remarkably full and accurate, and it is apparent 

 that the author has consulted almost every item of literature relating to 

 the subject, no matter how brief the note may have been. 



From Messrs. Hutclunson & Co. we have received some parts of their 

 Marvels of the Universe, which is appearing in 24 fortnightly parts at yd. 

 net each. They are astonishingly well illustrated and varied in scope. 

 Amongst the items dealt with are sunflames, self-luminant fishes, plants 

 that feed on insects, tree-climbing crabs, bees, the octopus, Japanese fowls, 

 coal wonderful birds' nests, waterspouts, ant-lions, etc., etc. In addition 

 to the numerous excellent reproductions from photographs, there are some 

 beautiful coloured plates. The ' Marvels of the Universe ' will certainly 

 do much to popularise Natural History. 



Naturalist, 



