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Bechstein's ' Natural History of Cage-birds,' which was pub- 

 lished in 1838, and which, if we mistake not, was edited by that 

 excellent ornithologist, the late Edward Blyth. It was issued by 

 Orr & Co., by whom Blyth's edition of White's ' Selborne ' was 

 published in 1836, and a comparison of these two volumes shows 

 that many of the woodcuts in both are identical. , 



La Peche et les Poissons des Eaux douces. Par Arnould Locard. 

 Sm. 8vo, pp. 352, avec figures. Paris: Bailliere et Fils. 



In 'The Zoologist' for 1891 (p. 239) we briefly noticed a 

 volume by M. Locard on Oysters and Edible Molluscs, which 

 was issued in the series " Bibliotheque Scientifique Contempo- 

 raine." In this series another volume by the same author has 

 lately appeared on Fish and Fishing in fresh water. The book is 

 in two parts; the first being devoted to descriptions of species, 

 with figures of many of them ; the second part dealing with the 

 various methods employed for capturing them by means of hook 

 and line, nets, trawls, baskets, pots, and other engines, together 

 with descriptions of the various baits recommended. 



In the first part the classification adopted is that of M. Emile 

 Blanchard in his larger and more important work, ' Les Poissons 

 des Eaux douces de France.' The descriptions are brief, but the 

 author claims that they are sufficient to enable a recognition of 

 each species, and the figures, which in many cases accompany the 

 descriptions, are fairly characteristic. 



We do not find much that is new in this manual, and the last 

 chapter on legislation is applicable only to France. It will 

 doubtless serve the purpose for which it is intended as one of a 

 series of instructive handbooks, but its utility would have been 

 greater if the author had prepared an Introduction on Classi- 

 fication, and furnished a good Index. It is true there is a 

 "Table des Matieres" at the end of the volume, but this is 

 insufficient when an uninformed reader desires information on a 

 particular subject, and knows not where to look for it. 



