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we do not remember him having previously essayed the descrip- 

 tion of the Crustacea. Mr. Pocock has undertaken the subject 

 " Vermes," and Mr. Kirkpatrick has contributed a necessarily 

 short account of the Bryozoa, a term he prefers to Polyzoa. 



This book is an undoubtedly useful manual for reference, and 

 should find a place on most shelves. Journalists might well, and 

 with advantage, keep it handy. 



Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for 

 Beginners. By Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott 

 Coues. New York : The Macmillan Company. London : 

 Macmillan & Co. Limited. 



This book is dedicated to " all boys and girls who love birds 

 and wish to protect them." The birds referred to in conver- 

 sational method, recalling our ' Sandford and Merton ' of long 

 ago, belong to the North American Continent ; and the name of 

 Dr. Elliott Coues is sufficient for those critics who would deprive 

 children of a book calculated to foster a love of the subject 

 because of some errors in nomenclature. We still think a 

 natural history publication may be too elementary in style, and 

 that a young naturalist will grapple with and surmount many 

 difficulties when his heart is in the subject. The merits of this 

 work are its scientific accuracy, its illustrations, a short but clear 

 description of each bird at the end of its conversational ordeal ; 

 and the last chapter, which is devoted to an orderly review of the 

 birds referred to, u each bearing its scientific name, which the 

 wise men write in Latin." 



