144 NOTE— COLEOPTERA. 
THE RED DEER IN BRITAIN. — 
Red Deer | — | Natural History | By the Rev. H. A. MACPHERSON 
etnies 
Ns, 
Co. | London, New York, and Bombay | 1896 | All rights res 
cloth, pp.x. + 320 + advertisements +8 plates ; Price 5s.] 
In this volume we have a most valuable continuation of 
its predecessors. Of the four parts into which it is divided, 
is the one which calls for notice at our hands. Full of imt 
Deer-stalking as carried on in the Scottish Highlands, nor 
the still nobler one of Stag-hunting in Devon and Som 
described by experts such as Cameron of Lochiel and 
Ebrington respectively. : : 
In the first part the Rey. H. A. Macpherson gives us 
_ chapters what constitutes a useful little monograph on t 
-of Martindale Forest in Westmorland, which is the only patt 
North of England where Cerzus elaphus still roams in a 
wild state, and from which as a centre occasional stragglers: 
surrounding districts, even as in 1884 as far as the Sw wie : 
A few historical notes, and a graphic mention of other wild ¢ 
of the district, such as the wild cat, the marten, the osp! 
foumart, the sea eagle, and the like, lend interest to the | : 
Mr. Macpherson also has notes on Deer in Skye, another © 
NOTE—COLEOPTERA. . 
Carabus arvensis Bradford.—On the oth inst., ME 7 
Saltaire, sent me for determination a living specimen of a beetle 
on Baildon Moor, On i : se n 
Specimen of Caradus arvensis. It is a brilliant copper colour, 
to the dark green female I have from Caiaek. taken in April 
kshire specimen I have ever seen.—J. W. CARTEM 
