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  our 
  British 
  fauna. 
  Ik 
  is 
  very 
  nicely 
  illustrated, 
  and 
  written 
  on 
  

   the 
  lines 
  of 
  his 
  previous 
  volume 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  author 
  has 
  paid 
  

   so 
  much 
  attention 
  to 
  these 
  animals 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  us 
  a 
  

   very 
  adequate 
  information 
  on 
  their 
  habits 
  and 
  local 
  distribution. 
  

   On 
  the 
  last 
  subject, 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  Sand-Lizard 
  (Lacerta 
  

   agilis), 
  we 
  read: 
  "It 
  has 
  been 
  stated 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  Berkshire, 
  but 
  

   the 
  evidence 
  is 
  not 
  good." 
  We 
  think, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  testimony 
  

   of 
  Capt. 
  S. 
  S. 
  Flower 
  (Zool. 
  1901, 
  p. 
  430) 
  is 
  conclusive. 
  A 
  

   specimen 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Wellington 
  College, 
  

   Berkshire 
  (1886), 
  was 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  London 
  Zoological 
  Gar- 
  

   dens, 
  and 
  is 
  enumerated 
  in 
  the 
  Society's 
  'List 
  Vert. 
  Animals,' 
  

   9th 
  ed. 
  p. 
  594 
  (1896). 
  

  

  To 
  such 
  an 
  excellent 
  publication 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  wish 
  to 
  be 
  

   critical, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  one 
  paragraph 
  in 
  the 
  introduction 
  

   will 
  be 
  imperfectly 
  understood 
  for 
  want 
  of 
  greater 
  precision 
  in 
  

   its 
  composition. 
  Dr. 
  Leighton 
  is 
  discussing 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  

   describing 
  a 
  new 
  species, 
  and 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  He 
  would 
  begin, 
  per- 
  

   haps, 
  by 
  stating 
  the 
  locality 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  found 
  the 
  specimen, 
  the 
  

   only 
  locality 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  known 
  to 
  occur. 
  This 
  

   statement 
  is 
  the 
  Geographical 
  Distribution 
  or 
  Zoogeography 
  of 
  

   the 
  animal, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  aspect 
  of 
  animal 
  description. 
  It 
  is, 
  in 
  

   other 
  words, 
  its 
  distribution 
  in 
  Space, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  is 
  known." 
  We 
  

   would 
  suggest 
  that 
  the 
  locality 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  habitat, 
  or 
  the 
  habitat 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  first 
  found, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  when 
  the 
  

   species 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  nowhere 
  else, 
  or 
  when 
  its 
  other 
  habitats 
  

   are 
  discovered, 
  that 
  any 
  contribution 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  Geo- 
  

   graphical 
  Distribution 
  or 
  Zoogeography, 
  not 
  in 
  space, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  

   surface 
  of 
  this 
  planet. 
  We 
  feel 
  sure 
  that 
  Dr. 
  Leighton 
  will 
  

   accept 
  this 
  suggestion 
  in 
  the 
  spirit 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  offered, 
  and 
  

   that 
  it 
  in 
  no 
  way 
  detracts 
  from 
  the 
  recognition 
  of 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   and 
  welcome 
  addition 
  to 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  our 
  insular 
  fauna. 
  

  

  Index 
  Fauna 
  Norce 
  Zealandice. 
  Edited 
  by 
  Capt. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Hutton, 
  

   F.E.S. 
  Dulau 
  & 
  Co. 
  

   This 
  volume 
  will 
  prove 
  of 
  no 
  inconsiderable 
  value 
  to 
  those 
  

   naturalists 
  who 
  may 
  desire, 
  in 
  a 
  non-special 
  sense, 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  

   general 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  fauna. 
  In 
  some 
  orders 
  the 
  

   lists 
  are 
  brought 
  up 
  to 
  date, 
  and 
  the 
  synonymical 
  corrections 
  of 
  

   later 
  authors 
  assimilated 
  ; 
  in 
  some 
  others, 
  especially 
  in 
  one 
  

  

  