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Fauna, Flora, and Geology of the Clyde Area. Edited by G. F. 

 Scott Elliot, Malcolm Laurie, and J. Barclay Mur- 

 doch. Glasgow : Published by Local Comm. Brit. Asso- 

 ciation. 



The inception of this volume is due to the recent meeting of 

 the British Association at Glasgow. Twenty-five years ago, 

 when the Association met on the banks of the Clyde, a Natural 

 History Handbook was issued to the members, but the present 

 volume is a notable advance on that publication. The lists have 

 now been compiled by a large body of workers, amongst whom 

 are many well-known names, and will be invaluable to zoologists 

 and geologists, who so frequently visit this beautiful area. The 

 volume also ought to, and probably will, prove an incentive to 

 local collectors, and we may expect to find records of species 

 " not included in the Brit. Assoc. List." This will probably prove 

 a laborious quest, for many of the lists are compiled by men 

 difl&cult to beat in this undertaking ; but the last word is never 

 said in a local list of species distributed over such a country as 

 the Clyde Area. A splendid Bathy-orographical Map accompanies 

 the volume. 



How to know the Indian Ducks. By F. Finn, B.A., &c. Calcutta : 

 Thacker, Spink & Co. 

 The Indian Ducks treated in this small but handy publication 

 " include all Teal, Geese, Swans, and Mergansers." In reading 

 the title therefore we must make a somewhat free use of the 

 imagination. Besides a description of each species, and an 

 account of its distribution, there are many observations of an 

 interesting character. Indian vernacular names are given, and 

 in an appendix we find many hints as to the successful treatment 

 of these birds in confinement. Although this advice is given for 

 the domestication of these "Ducks" in India, the small publica- 

 tion is well worth the perusal of all aviculturists in this country. 



