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  GLEANINGS. 
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  also 
  unparalleled. 
  In 
  one 
  cast 
  of 
  the 
  net 
  forty 
  -two 
  fine 
  fish 
  were 
  

   taken 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  less 
  important 
  tributaries 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  ago. 
  The 
  

   truth 
  is, 
  we 
  know 
  very 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  life-history 
  of 
  fishes. 
  A 
  few 
  years 
  

   ago 
  it 
  was 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  shoals 
  of 
  Herring 
  had 
  been 
  driven 
  from 
  

   our 
  shores 
  by 
  steamships 
  and 
  trawlers, 
  and 
  yet 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  seasons 
  

   have 
  broken 
  all 
  previous 
  records. 
  — 
  St. 
  James's 
  Gazette. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  ' 
  Avicultural 
  Magazine 
  ' 
  for 
  August, 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  Seth-Smith 
  

   records 
  his 
  success 
  in 
  breeding 
  in 
  captivity 
  the 
  Tataupa 
  Tinamou 
  

   (Crypturus 
  tataupa), 
  a 
  Brazilian 
  species. 
  A 
  peculiar 
  habit 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  

   bird, 
  when 
  alarmed, 
  was 
  recorded 
  by 
  Azara, 
  of 
  squatting 
  on 
  the 
  breast, 
  

   and 
  throwing 
  the 
  tail 
  into 
  the 
  air, 
  forming 
  the 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  into 
  

   a 
  screen 
  to 
  hide 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  thereby 
  becoming 
  practi- 
  

   cally 
  invisible 
  amongst 
  herbage 
  or 
  undergrowth 
  of 
  any 
  kind, 
  Mr. 
  

   Seth-Smith 
  also 
  found 
  this 
  habit 
  developed 
  to 
  a 
  moderate 
  extent 
  in 
  

   the 
  very 
  young 
  chicks 
  ; 
  they 
  too 
  will, 
  when 
  they 
  suspect 
  danger, 
  squat 
  

   and 
  throw 
  up 
  their 
  little 
  tails, 
  almost 
  always 
  arranging 
  that 
  the 
  latter 
  

   shall 
  be 
  towards 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  their 
  alarm. 
  

  

  A 
  Sign 
  of 
  the 
  Times. 
  — 
  A 
  church 
  has 
  been 
  converted 
  into 
  a 
  museum 
  

   under 
  municipal 
  control 
  at 
  King's 
  Lynn. 
  — 
  Museums 
  Journal. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  received 
  a 
  privately 
  printed 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Australian 
  

   Birds' 
  Eggs 
  and 
  Nests 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Le 
  Souef, 
  the 
  Director 
  

   of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Gardens, 
  Melbourne. 
  We 
  quite 
  envy 
  Dr. 
  Le 
  Souef 
  

   in 
  its 
  possession, 
  and 
  it 
  forms 
  in 
  itself 
  a 
  considerable 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  Australian 
  ornithology. 
  

  

  We 
  understand 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Pilchard 
  Kearton 
  has 
  made 
  such 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   recovery 
  from 
  the 
  operation 
  he 
  recently 
  underwent 
  for 
  appendicitis, 
  

   that 
  he 
  is 
  now 
  hard 
  at 
  work 
  writing 
  his 
  new 
  Nature 
  Story 
  Book, 
  and 
  

   that 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  published 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Cassell 
  & 
  Co. 
  during 
  the 
  autumn. 
  

  

  The 
  study 
  of 
  economic 
  entomology 
  as 
  applied 
  to 
  agriculture 
  has 
  

   long 
  been 
  a 
  feature 
  in 
  the 
  enlightened 
  domestic 
  policy 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Government. 
  A 
  vindication 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  

   i: 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Habits 
  of 
  the 
  Kelep, 
  or 
  Guatemalan 
  Cotton-Boll- 
  

  

  