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parts. Parts I-IV., 8vo. London : Gurney and Jackson, 

 1888. To the Student of Ornithology, this Manual promises 

 to give great satisfaction, and to be a work much wanted, 

 namely, a volume complete in itself; while the cheapness 

 of the publication (one shilling a part) will bring it within 

 the reach of all. 



" On the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligence of Animals, 

 with especial reference to Insects." By Sir John Lubbock, 

 Bart. M.P. With 100 Illustrations. This work may be 

 regarded as a sister volume to the Ants, Bees, and Wasps of the 

 International Scientific Series, but its scope is much wider ; 

 and in consequence, its subject matter is likely to be of much 

 more interest to the general public ; it is certainly one of the 

 most instructive and entertaining of the works which have 

 been produced by Sir John Lubbock. 



" Bird's-nesting and Bird-skinning : a complete description 

 of the nests and eggs of birds which breed in Britain." By 

 Edward Newman. Second Edition, revised and rewritten ; 

 with directions for their Collection and Preservation ; and a 

 chapter on Bird-skinning by Miller Christie, Fcap. 8vo., 

 pp. 138. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1888. Appears to be a 

 most useful work to Oologists, full of valuable information in 

 a condensed form, many good species having been detected 

 and reported, as well as some interesting facts concerning the 

 nidification of many of the rarer birds. 



" Entomology for Beginners ; for the use of young folks, 

 fruit growers, farmers, and gardeners." By A. L. Packard, 

 M.D., Ph.D. New York : Henry Holt & Co., 1888. 354 pp., 

 8vo., 373 woodcuts This book may be highly commended to 

 English Entomologists as a multum in parvo of information, 

 and is probably the best and most exhaustive work of its kind 

 ever printed in the English language. 



"A List of British Diptera." By G. H. Verrall, F.E.S. 

 31 pp., small 4to. London: Pratt & Co., 1888. This is a 

 most welcome little volume, and emanating as it does from 

 one of our own members will be deemed of especial value to 

 those of us who take an interest in the order Diptera. 



I now have to turn to the sad side of my address ; I mean 

 the Obituary. Happily death has claimed none of our own 



