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the work that laid bare the bones of Mammoths, Hyenas, Arctic 

 Lemmings, and African Wild Cats. "Whilst thus intent on facilitating 

 the study of the past, Mr. Ussher was far indeed from slackening in 

 his interest in the present day fauna. Few took so active a part as 

 he in the promotion of the cause of bird-protection, and the Irish 

 Society for the Protection of Birds has special cause to deplore his 

 loss as that of one of its most efficient and whole-hearted members. 

 Nothing ever gave him greater delight than the discovery of some 

 hitherto unknown nesting-place of a rare bird, where it could hope 

 to escape detection or molestation. It is some satisfaction to his 

 friends to know that at least one such discovery was brought to his 

 knowledge during the present year, and afforded him the utmost 

 pleasure. Another of his most conspicuous traits was that love for 

 encouraging the study of nature — especially among the young — 

 which had also been so prominent a feature in the character of 

 A. G. More. 



NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 



The Peregrine Falcon at the Eyrie. By Francis Heatherley, 

 F.B.C.S. George Newnes, Ltd. 



This is a beautiful publication, both in letterpress and 

 illustration, and marks another advance in the annals of bird 

 watching. Dr. Heatherley distinctly and perhaps rather too 

 modestly defines his position as that of simply " bird-lover," 

 and expresses himself very candidly on the subjects of egg- 

 collecting, skin-collecting, and modern changes in nomenclature, 

 His facts are all the results of personal observations, he has "no 

 exaggerated veneration for the printed word," which he too 

 often finds " is copied from one text-book to another, in default 

 of original observations," and he therefore watches without pre- 

 conceived ideas. He has thus come to the conclusion that the 

 Falcon is bigger than the Tiercel, and states "if that is wrong, 

 then all my observations of the inverted role of the sexes in 

 their care of the young goes by the board." Of the Peregrine 



