NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY. 101 
“ In describing the North American burrowing owl, a writer says that the species ‘ suddenly 
disappears in the early part of August,’ and the ‘species is strictly diurnal.’ 
“The Athene canicularia has not these habits. It does not disappear during any part of the 
year, and it is both nocturnal and diurnal, for though I did not observe it preying by day on 
the pampas, I noticed that it fed at all hours of the day and night on the north shore of the 
Plata. in the R da die fal»? 

ONE THOUSAND OBJECTS FOR THE MicnRoscoPE.*— This is an exceed- 
zu useful little work for the beginner in microscopy. It has twelve 
of figures, with explanations in the text, and although the figures 
are none of the best, they are better than the price of the book would 
seem to justify. 
A GUIDE TO THE STUDY or INsECTS.f— The Fifth part completes the 
account of the butterflies, and describes the more typical moths, as far as 
the family of Geometrids. It contains two plates, a full-page illustration, 
and sixty woodcuts. The ‘ Guide” will contain ten plates, and be com- 
pleted in five more parts, the tenth part to contain an Entomological Cal- 
endar, a Glossary of Entomological terms, and a copious Index 
THE RECORD OF AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGY, 1869.— A sufficient number 
of subscriptions have been received to warrant its publication, but as the 
book will be larger than at first thought, the price will be raised to $1.00. 
Original subscribers at 75 cents, will receive their ** Record" without 
extra charge. (The name has been changed from Annual to Record). 
PPLETON'S ILLUSTRATED ALMANAC FOR 1869.1 — A pleasing feature of 
this annual is twelve cuts, illustrating the game-birds of this country, 
characteristic of each month. 

NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY. 

BOTANY. 
BOTANICAL Norzs.—In the autumn of 1867 I collected on the shore of 
Lake Erie, near North East, Pa., a very marked variety of Scirpus sylva- 
ticus Linn., var. atrovirens?. Instead of spreading rays bearing the heads 
et 
Not the result of a dwarfing of the plants, for they were of a very robust 
habit, two to three feet high, with wide leaves and a stout culm. Ipro- 
Pose calling it var. sychnocephala if not already named. I found them 



One Thousand Objects for the Microscope. By M: C. Cooke. 12mo. London, 1869. ls. 
ta Guide to the S $e of Insects, and a de tise on those Injurious and Beneficial to Crops, 
For the use of Colleges, Farm Schools and Agriculturists. By A. S. Packard, jun, Parts 1-5. 
Cents each. To be published in ten parts. Published by the author, Salem, Mass 
- tAppleton’s Illustrated Almanac, 1869, For sale by H. A. Brown & Co., 3 School st., Boston. 


