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opinion, Mr. Millais considers the Blesbuck a fleeter animal than 

 the Springbuck, and says that no dogs could overtake the former, 

 while the latter was often coursed and killed. A Blesbuck's pace 

 is a rolling, somewhat heavy canter, resembling the action of a 

 Hartebeest, and when running up wind it frequently moves like a 

 Springbuck (with its head close to the ground like a hound on 

 scent) ; but if pressed, it can upon occasion show great speed 

 and energy. 



In the foregoing remarks and extracts we have given but a 

 faint indication of the amount of interesting matter which is con- 

 tained in this volume. 



It is just one of those books in which a hunter will delight 

 on account of the pleasant memories it will recall, and which a 

 naturalist will treasure for the careful descriptions and spirited 

 portraits of wild animals which are given by one who has seen 

 and studied them in their native haants. 



Supplement to ' The Birds of Devon: By W. S. M. D'Urban 

 and Murray A. Mathew. 8vo, 32 pp. London: Porter. 1895. 



The volume to which this is a supplement was reviewed in 

 'The Zoologist' for 1892 (pp. 438—441). It must be satisfactory 

 to the authors to find that their labours have been so much 

 appreciated as to justify the publication of a second edition. 

 Those who already possess the first may avail themselves of the 

 additional matter incorporated in the second, by securing this 

 Supplement, in which the name of every species preceding the 

 fresh observations upon it is followed by a reference to the page 

 of the former work in which it is mentioned. By this plan it is 

 easy to ascertain the author's views respecting any given species 

 up to November, 1895, the date of the Preface to the Supple- 

 ment. We note, inter alia, that since 1892 they have been able to 

 increase the list of species nesting in the county. For example, 

 the Reed Warbler, formerly considered to be only an occasional 

 and rare visitor, proves to be a regular summer migrant in large 

 numbers to Slapton Ley and other meres ; the Tree Sparrow has 

 been found to be resident at Kingsbridge in South Devon, 

 receiving accessions to its numbers in autumn ; the nest of the 

 Short-eared Owl has been found at Braunton ; and there are 

 species of Ducks to be added to those that are known to nest at 



