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BOOK NOTICES. 
We have received from Prof. Dr. Jakob Eriksson, of Stockholm, 
a reprint of his paper published in the Botanical Gazette for January 1898, 
giving ‘A General Review of the pi ams.aee! Results of Swedish 
Research inte Gitlin ust,’ 8 summarising a large caste of observa- 
tions during the years 1890 to Mo 
o> 
he | Birds of Montreal 7 By | Ern pent D. freeones ! Pripeecs. e 
erve in 
winter ; 
Visitants,” or strag- | glers from remote districts; giving | their relative 
abundance as to whether r A they are rare, oe common or abundan ae 
data of nests and e hen fou a ty especially | noting the species that 
tos “ lpeton 
copious a ieee as this book possesses, we are absolv ed 
from here need to state the contents of this book, further than to mention 
that the Avifauna of Mo en pi 2 ining 54 p eing 
a or articles with a separate title-page: Orig | sg 
Sketches | compil ry | id Deane. | 18 The last of these articles 
ives ummary ame and fishery anada ; 
ot! anecdotes. The plates are rough lithographs possessing 
decided artistic demerits. The ber of species included in ad hist 
amounts to 254, and the nomenclature used is that of the A.O.U. 
Rist aed 
From M. Charles Janet we have received a series of reprints of some 
f his siiocbie and useful papers on Ants, more especially as regards 
their relationship with myrmecophilous ome of various kinds. One of 
hese ant- eae a sexy ge app its 
the pape —*Sur ‘ 
i sg i rus Uhim ge Sess vec le Lasi. . ih ’, (4to, extrait 
s Comptes Rendus, t. 124, p. 583, Paris, 15 Mars 189 we ‘Etudes sur les” 
Fo 9 ag les Guépes et se “Abeilies Note 13—Sur le Lasius mixtus V Anten- 
peso Uhimanni etc.’ (8vo, Libis, 1897, pp- 62); ‘Note 
Ra es yresiae Myrmécophiles avec les Fourmis' (8vo, 
1897, ); Note Appareils pour I’ Observation des Fourmis et des 
Animaux papi ees (8vo, reprint from Mem. Soc. Zool. France, I 
X. 302-323 and pl a ‘ Notice sur les Travaux Scientifiqu 
par M. Ch: ana tik 'A1 Académie des Sciences au Concours de 1896 pour — 
le Prix Thore’ (8vo, Lille, 1806, pp- 94). The last gives first titles and then 
papers. i i ‘hore prt 
pa 
_ sent to us are all of much interest and show signs of scienti 
Mipkee piven mn reasoned out, 
