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" Bird Life and Bird Lore," by R. Bosworth Smith, is a 

 scholarly book which all lovers of birds will prize for its 

 accumulation of quaint lore concerning birds. 



" House, Garden, and Field," by L. C. Miall, a series of 

 upwards of fifty essays, intended primarily for the use of 

 teachers, but containing much interesting matter concerning 

 entomological and botanical subjects. 



" Flora of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight," by 

 Frederick Townsend. This book should be welcome to 

 botanists visiting the New Forest. It is considered to be 

 one of the best of our county floras. 



"Wild Flowers, Month by Month, in their Natural 

 Haunts," by Mr. Step. This delightful book is lavishly 

 illustrated with photographs of flowers in their natural 

 habitats. 



From Mr. Step's pen we have also had " A Naturalist's 

 Holiday," a pleasant book for the seaside, and also a revised 

 edition of his "Wayside and Woodland Blossoms." 



The Ray Society has issued two works of great interest to 

 microscopists, viz. the second volume of a " Monograph of 

 the British Desmidiacese," by W. and G. S. West, and the 

 first volume of the " British Freshwater Rhizopoda and 

 Heliozoa," by Jas. Cash ; both works are beautifully illus- 

 trated. 



" My Life," by Alfred Russel Wallace, a book of the 

 deepest interest to all admirers of this great naturalist. 



Other books I must mention are " Extinct Animals," by 

 E. Ray Lankester, "Natural History in Zoological Gardens," 

 by F. E. Beddard, " Nature in Eastern Norfolk," by 

 A. H. Patterson, and last, but by no means least, " Notes 

 on the Life-History of British Flowering Plants," by Lord 

 Avebury. 



If we were asked, as is often the case, " Why are we 

 students of Natural History?" or perhaps, "Why are 

 we Entomologists?" as this branch is the one taken up by 

 most of us, one can imagine how varied our replies would 

 be. But after all, I think, the plain fact is that we are 

 entomologists because of the pleasure which the subject 

 affords us, each of us approaching it in the way that most 

 appeals to him. 



The hunting instinct is deeply ingrained in mankind, and 

 this finds its outlet in our field work. Frequently our holidays 

 are associated with some particular insect to whose head- 

 quarters we have made a pilgrimage. Instances that readily 

 occur to one are Dawlish for Callimorpha hera, the New 



