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  themselves," 
  and 
  be 
  gives 
  instances 
  derived 
  from 
  observations 
  

   made 
  on 
  Partridges 
  and 
  Swallows. 
  " 
  The 
  notes 
  we 
  generally 
  

   bear 
  of 
  birds 
  are 
  their 
  songs 
  and 
  their 
  calls 
  of 
  joy 
  and 
  fear 
  ; 
  

   these 
  are 
  always 
  fairly 
  loud 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  conversational 
  notes 
  (as 
  I 
  

   call 
  them) 
  are 
  always 
  low. 
  But 
  that 
  they 
  convey 
  a 
  meaning, 
  

   and 
  a 
  clear 
  meaning, 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  another 
  I 
  am 
  certain." 
  And 
  so 
  

   are 
  we 
  ! 
  

  

  We 
  notice 
  the 
  word 
  "Albanisrn" 
  used 
  at 
  p. 
  240. 
  Is 
  not 
  

   this 
  an 
  unnecessary 
  alteration 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  " 
  albinism," 
  as 
  used 
  

   by 
  Prof. 
  Newton 
  and 
  others, 
  who 
  are 
  safe 
  guides 
  in 
  technical 
  

   orthography 
  ? 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  Collecting 
  and 
  Preserving 
  Plants. 
  By 
  Stanley 
  Guiton. 
  

   West, 
  Newman 
  & 
  Co. 
  

  

  Botany 
  is 
  of 
  course 
  included 
  in 
  Natural 
  History, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  

   necessaiy 
  companion 
  to 
  zoology. 
  Scarcely 
  any 
  field 
  naturalist 
  

   can 
  make 
  many 
  observations 
  on 
  animal 
  life 
  without 
  some 
  refer- 
  

   ence 
  to 
  their 
  environment, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  vegetation 
  plays 
  so 
  large 
  

   a 
  part. 
  Few 
  zoologists 
  can 
  name 
  all 
  our 
  indigenous 
  plants 
  at 
  

   sight, 
  and 
  fewer 
  still 
  those 
  that 
  are 
  found 
  outside 
  our 
  own 
  flora. 
  

   Such 
  plants 
  therefore 
  require 
  collecting, 
  and 
  this 
  small 
  and 
  

   inexpensive 
  booklet 
  gives 
  all 
  the 
  information 
  required 
  for 
  that 
  

   purpose. 
  

  

  