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by pouring a little water and oil down its burrow, which quickly drives 

 the insect out. In parts of France they are often a nuisance in 

 gardens. They are sometimes destroyed by watering the ground well 

 and putting down straw or planks ; the Crickets come up, attracted 

 by the freshness, and may be found underneath during the following 

 day. It is sometimes found under large stones, and prefers sandy 

 ground. An adult insect is found in spring and summer, but specimens 

 in all stages of growth are often found together. — Malcolm Burr. 



NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 



Wild Life in East Anglia. By William A. Dutt. Methuen & Co. 



It is at least doubtful whether East Anglia does not hold an 

 unique position in the annals of British natural history. Its 

 marsh and marine faunas have long found an enthusiastic and 

 competent body of local naturalists to study and describe them, 

 and we cannot realize the disappearance of the one without the 

 passing of the other. Mr. Dutt, in this volume, has written 

 beyond the personal experience, and has gathered together an 

 amount of information which renders his book of permanent 

 value, though we still hold to the opinion that the time has come 

 for the publication of a finely illustrated monograph of East 

 Anglian zoology, and that the men are still living who can write 

 the text. Will this always be the case ? The description of an 

 exotic fauna can generally find a sumptuous publication, but this 

 delightful portion of our old English story should be adequately 

 described and figured now before drainage has done its worst to 

 the marshes, before the cockney tourist has called the region all 

 his own, and before some aspects of its fauna have become more 

 strikingly evanescent. 



These pages contain several good character sketches, especi- 

 ally of those unknown humbler naturalists who can observe but 

 not write, and whose knowledge is in an inverse ratio to their 



