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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  botanical 
  features 
  ' 
  In 
  the 
  Guiana 
  Forest.' 
  This 
  book, 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  is 
  unfortunately 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  a 
  failure 
  : 
  a 
  catastrophe 
  

   on 
  the 
  upper 
  rivers 
  destroyed 
  collections, 
  notes, 
  photographs, 
  

   and 
  all 
  that 
  might 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  notable 
  zoological 
  expedition. 
  

   As 
  it 
  is, 
  this 
  ascent 
  of 
  the 
  Caura 
  River 
  to 
  within 
  five 
  degrees 
  of 
  

   the 
  Equator 
  is 
  a 
  considerable 
  exploit, 
  and 
  its 
  narrative 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  

   the 
  charm 
  that 
  appertains 
  to 
  a 
  natural 
  history 
  expedition. 
  If 
  

   we 
  do 
  not 
  receive 
  many 
  new 
  zoological 
  facts 
  — 
  as 
  would 
  doubtless 
  

   have 
  been 
  the 
  case 
  had 
  the 
  misfortune 
  not 
  occurred 
  — 
  the 
  book 
  

   teems 
  with 
  impressions 
  that 
  a 
  naturalist 
  can 
  really 
  appreciate 
  as 
  

   material 
  of 
  no 
  little 
  value. 
  Mr. 
  Andre 
  possesses 
  that 
  abso- 
  

   lutely 
  indispensable 
  habit 
  of 
  mind 
  in 
  a 
  traveller 
  which 
  can 
  adapt 
  

   itself 
  to 
  a 
  primitive 
  ethic, 
  and 
  procure 
  the 
  esteem 
  and 
  confidence 
  

   of 
  very 
  mixed 
  followers 
  ; 
  this 
  has 
  enabled 
  him 
  to 
  learn 
  and 
  tell 
  

   us 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  social 
  life 
  and 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  scattered 
  people 
  who 
  

   inhabit 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  these 
  rivers, 
  and 
  to 
  render 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  

   considerable 
  ethnological 
  interest. 
  We 
  are 
  made 
  familiar 
  with 
  

   many 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  Tapir, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  ornithological 
  

   observations. 
  Mr. 
  Andre 
  on 
  one 
  occasion 
  allows 
  himself 
  to 
  

   theorise, 
  a 
  practice, 
  once 
  considered, 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  only 
  used 
  with 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  caution, 
  but 
  one 
  now 
  generally 
  extolled, 
  and 
  almost 
  de- 
  

   manded. 
  He 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  bright 
  scarlet 
  or 
  yellow 
  breasts 
  of 
  

   the 
  Trogons 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  specially 
  designed 
  for 
  attracting 
  

   the 
  flies 
  and 
  other 
  insects 
  on 
  which 
  these 
  birds 
  subsist. 
  What 
  is 
  

   more 
  likely 
  than 
  that 
  an 
  insect 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  food 
  should 
  mistake 
  

   the 
  patch 
  of 
  red 
  adorning 
  the 
  collared 
  Trogon 
  for 
  the 
  crimson 
  

   flower 
  of 
  the 
  rose 
  of 
  the 
  forest, 
  as 
  the 
  natives 
  call 
  the 
  Brownea? 
  " 
  

   We 
  trust 
  the 
  author 
  will 
  yet 
  succeed 
  in 
  making 
  another 
  

   expedition, 
  and 
  on 
  that 
  occasion 
  reach 
  his 
  goal, 
  " 
  the 
  distant 
  

   villages 
  on 
  the 
  Parime 
  Mountains." 
  

  

  The 
  Life-History 
  of 
  British 
  Lizards, 
  and 
  their 
  Local 
  Distribution 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  British 
  Isles. 
  By 
  Gerald 
  R. 
  Leighton, 
  M.D., 
  

  

  F.R.S.E. 
  Edinburgh 
  : 
  George 
  A. 
  Morton. 
  London 
  : 
  

  

  Simpkin, 
  Marshall 
  & 
  Co., 
  Ltd. 
  

  

  Two 
  years 
  ago 
  Dr. 
  Leighton 
  published 
  a 
  book 
  entitled 
  

  

  ' 
  British 
  Serpents,' 
  which 
  was 
  noticed 
  in 
  these 
  pages 
  ; 
  he 
  has 
  

  

  now 
  given 
  us 
  a 
  companion 
  volume 
  on 
  'British 
  Lizards,' 
  which 
  

  

  will 
  doubtless 
  be 
  received 
  with 
  equal 
  favour 
  by 
  all 
  interested 
  in 
  

  

  

  