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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  be 
  likened 
  to 
  acquiring 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  everything 
  of 
  some- 
  

   thing, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  general 
  knowledge 
  of 
  everything, 
  Mr. 
  

   Latter 
  has 
  chosen 
  a 
  few 
  animal 
  types 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  to 
  suit 
  his 
  

   purpose. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  Earthworm, 
  Leech, 
  Crayfish, 
  Cock- 
  

   roach, 
  Dragonfly, 
  Wasp, 
  Fresh-water 
  Mussel, 
  Snail, 
  Slug, 
  Frog, 
  

   Toad, 
  Newt, 
  and 
  some 
  common 
  internal 
  parasites 
  of 
  domestic 
  

   animals, 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  he 
  has 
  given 
  us 
  a 
  full 
  biological 
  and 
  

   bionomical 
  narrative, 
  phenomenally 
  free 
  from 
  prevalent 
  theo- 
  

   retical 
  conclusions. 
  Thus 
  we 
  are 
  told 
  of 
  the 
  enemies 
  and 
  

   parasites 
  which 
  destroy 
  these 
  creatures, 
  but 
  are 
  spared 
  the 
  

   recital 
  of 
  ingenious 
  guesses 
  as 
  to 
  non-apparent 
  protective 
  or 
  

   mimicking 
  disguises 
  which 
  may 
  or 
  may 
  not 
  act 
  as 
  deterrents. 
  

   In 
  fact, 
  we 
  know 
  of 
  scarcely 
  any 
  other 
  publication 
  in 
  which 
  so 
  

   much 
  information 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  elementary, 
  which 
  in 
  some 
  points 
  

   may 
  have 
  remained 
  beyond 
  the 
  purview 
  of 
  advanced 
  students, 
  

   and 
  without 
  the 
  intention, 
  but 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  risk 
  of 
  being 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  encomiastic, 
  we 
  heartily 
  recommend 
  this 
  volume 
  to 
  the 
  

   ever-increasing 
  confederacy 
  of 
  young 
  zoologists. 
  

  

  Manuale 
  di 
  Ornitologia 
  Italiana. 
  Del 
  Conte 
  Dott. 
  E. 
  Arrigoni 
  

   Degli 
  Oddi. 
  Milano 
  : 
  Ulrico 
  Hoepli. 
  

  

  In 
  these 
  pages 
  (1902, 
  p. 
  357) 
  we 
  drew 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  larger 
  

   work, 
  ' 
  Atlante 
  Ornitologico,' 
  written 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  

   Manual, 
  and 
  we 
  now 
  welcome 
  this 
  very 
  portable 
  handbook 
  to 
  

   the 
  birds 
  of 
  Italy. 
  The 
  same 
  thoroughness 
  in 
  introduction 
  to 
  

   the 
  general 
  subject 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  both 
  volumes, 
  though, 
  in 
  this 
  

   Manual, 
  abbreviation 
  has, 
  of 
  course, 
  been 
  found 
  necessary 
  ; 
  but 
  

   the 
  general 
  method 
  is 
  similar, 
  and 
  the 
  diagnoses 
  are 
  particularly 
  

   clear 
  and 
  sufficient. 
  To 
  most 
  English 
  visitors 
  to 
  Italy, 
  " 
  all 
  

   roads 
  lead 
  to 
  Eome," 
  but 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  can 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  forget 
  this 
  

   fount 
  of 
  classicalism, 
  and 
  pursue 
  the 
  paths 
  of 
  ornithology, 
  this 
  

   vade 
  mecum 
  must 
  and 
  will 
  prove 
  a 
  necessary 
  and 
  valuable 
  com- 
  

   panion. 
  In 
  size 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  valise, 
  but 
  perhaps 
  

   requires 
  stronger 
  binding, 
  and 
  we 
  congratulate 
  its 
  writer 
  on 
  the 
  

   production 
  of 
  some 
  nine 
  hundred 
  small 
  octavo 
  pages, 
  which 
  are 
  

   adequately 
  informative, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  best 
  sense 
  constitute 
  a 
  

   ' 
  Manuale 
  di 
  Ornitologia 
  Italiana.' 
  

  

  