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man " (p. 217). These strike us as being sound and practical. 

 There may be nothing very new in them ; it would be difficult 

 indeed to write much that is new on the subject of Hare-hunting, 

 but what the writer has to say is well put, and appears to be 

 the outcome of his own experience. The same may be said of 

 the sections on " Coursing," by Mr. Charles Richardson, and on 

 " Beagling," by Mr. G. H. Longman. To the readers of a 

 natural history journal, however, these portions of the volume 

 will appeal less strongly than the pages for which Mr. Mac- 

 pherson is responsible. An improvement throughout the volume 

 would be effected by the substitution of headlines that indicate 

 the contents of each page, for in the absence of an index it is 

 very troublesome to discover, without reading several pages, 

 whether any information is given on a particular point or not. 



The illustrations, by Messrs. Giles, Thorburn, and Charles 

 Whymper, are for the most part excellent, and have been well 

 reproduced from the originals by the Swan Electric Engraving 

 Company. 



The Birds of Berwickshire : with Remarks on their Local Distri- 

 bution, Migration, and Habits, and also on the Folk-lore, 

 Proverbs, Popular Rhymes, and Sayings connected with 

 them. By George Muirhead, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. In two 

 volumes. Vol. II. 8vo, pp. 390. With numerous Illus- 

 trations. Edinburgh : David Douglas. 



When noticing the first volume of this excellent work (Zool. 

 1890, p. 114) we expressed the hope that it might be speedily 

 completed, and though at that time we were not prepared to 

 anticipate a delay of five or six years, we are now pleased to 

 congratulate the author on the accomplishment of his task. 



In our former notice we dwelt upon the fact that Mr. Muir- 

 head does not confine his attention merely to an enumeration of 

 the various birds to be met with in Berwickshire, but discourses 

 on folk-lore, proverbs, and popular rhymes, which treatment of 

 the subject has so swelled the proportions of his work as to 

 necessitate the publication of a second volume. 



It is scarcely possible, in the space at our disposal, to give an 

 adequate idea of the variety of interesting matter which this 

 second volume contains. It begins with the Accipitres, and 



