58 NOTE—LEPIDOPTERA. 
BRITISH SEA BIRDS. 
British Sea Birds | By | Cuartes Drxon | Author of | [four lines of titles] | 
with eight Sieaibeliions | by | Charles Whymper | London | Bliss, Sands and : 
Foster | 1 [8vo, cloth, price 10s. 6d.; pp. 295+8 of advertisements+ — 
8 plates). 
ORNITHOLOGY in the hands of Mr. Charles Dixon is a many-facetted _ 
subject, of which he turns first one aspect and then another to one — 
view in the many works which he has successively published. 
This time it is the Sea Birds which we are invited to notice—and — 
the term proves to be an unexpectedly comprehensive one. For not : 
only are the truly marine species included, but also the innumerable 
host of birds which spend part of their annual movements upon the 
coast-line, thus emulating those of the human kind who—the serious — 
business of life suspended for a time—seek health and relaxation at — 
a sea-side watering place. 
Mr. Dixon’s concluding chapter is devoted to Migration on the 
Coast, but need hardly engage our serious attention, especially at 
a time when so authentic a paper as the Digest of the Migration 
Reports as that which was read to the British Association at Liver- 
pool last year, and of which we expect to give a notice soon. a 
Mr. Dixon’s literary style is flowing and interesting, and this and — 
his other works will do good service if they arouse that intelligent — 
interest in ornithology which will lead to a demand for the standard q 
works on the subject. _ 
One word of commendation we must give to the pagar 4 
ne of which is used for the embellishment of the cover, and the 
A idichi: Messrs. Bliss, Sands & Foster, are thoroughly to be 7 
congratulated on the attractiveness of the get-up. 
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