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or may not be imperfect ; his conclusions may or may not be 

 final ; but he has contributed an instructive essay on the subject 

 of his county's ornithology, and has inculcated a method which 

 we may hope to see followed in philosophical ornithology. 



Moose-Hunting, Salmon- Fishing, and other Sketches of Sport. 

 By T. R. Pattillo. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Limited. 



Although this is a volume primarily addressed to the sports- 

 man, it contains very much of interest to the naturalist, and refers 

 to the somewhat little-known fauna of Nova Scotia. We wish 

 the author would write another volume, discarding his shoot- 

 ing and fishing exploits, and giving us only his zoological 

 observations. He has been alone with the animals he has shot 

 and captured, he gives abundant hints of the observations he has 

 made on their habits, and he has almost a responsibility to pub- 

 lish them. In fact, one passes over matter instructive in animal 

 bionomics by being carried away captive to the domain of sport 

 so well and enthusiastically described by Mr. Pattillo. If, how- 

 ever, he is a poor sportsman who is no naturalist, so is he a 

 circumscribed naturalist who has never felt the ardour of the 

 sportsman ; and in this spirit the work may be read with advan- 

 tage by both parties. The last chapter — not the worst in the 

 book — requires supervision. Once more we meet with our old 

 nautical enigma, the "Dolphin." Our readers will probably 

 surmise that the " Dolphin " here referred to is a fish, the well- 

 known Goryphcena. 



