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wood-pigeon or a pheasant, a blind-worm or a com- 

 mon frog. And, in regard to the insect infestations, to 

 which it will be seen more than a hundred pages of 

 the book are devoted, I can bear witness to the great 

 amount of valuable information which I constantly 

 derive myself from the study of the writings of Dr. 

 Eitzema Bos on this subject ; and I trust this little 

 manual of " Agricultural Zoology " may take the place 

 in our farm and school libraries which I believe it to 

 be excellently fitted to fill. 



ELEANOR A. ORMEROD, 



Late Conmlting Entomologist oftlie Boyal 

 Agricultural Society of England. 



TOBEINGTON HoUSE, St. AlbAN's, 



May 24, 1894. 



