BOOK NOTICES. 



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Rican waters, has returned to the United 

 States. Dr. B. W. Evermann was in charge 

 of the work and a general reconnoissance 

 was made of the entire island and of Vie- 

 ques and Culebra, the 2 small islands lying 

 off the East shore of Porto Rico. Exten- 

 sive collections were made of the fishes, 

 crustaceans, mollusks, and all other aquat- 

 ic animals of the island. Among these are 

 several new species which will soon be de- 

 scribed. 



It was found that Porto Rico possesses 

 a large number of game fishes, such as the 

 snappers, groupers and the tarpon. The 

 tarpon is probably quite common and is 

 doubtless no less gamy than it is in Florida 

 waters. 



In a future number of Recreation Dr. 

 Evermann may have something to say about 

 the game fishes and game birds of Porto 

 Rico. 



A well known society woman of this city 

 told me the other evening that she had 

 recently attended a luncheon given by one 

 of her friends, who apologized for not be- 

 ing able to serve quails to her guests. She 

 said she had ordered through nearly all the 

 prominent markets in the city but was un- 

 able to buy a quail at any price. 



This is one of the most gratifying pieces 

 of news that has come to me in many a 



day. A year ago she could have bought 

 quails at any market in the city. 



The Bellington Bay Rod and Gun Club, 

 of New Whatcom, Wash., offers a reward 

 of $10 for the name and address of any wit- 

 ness whose testimony will convict any per- 

 son of a yiolation of the game or fish laws 

 of that state. The name of the person earn- 

 ing such reward will not be disclosed. Any 

 reader of Recreation who can give such 

 information should communicate at once 

 with J. M. Edson, Secretary, New What- 

 com, Wash. 



Over 100 bills have been introduced in the 

 present session of the New York legislature, 

 proposing to amend the game and fish laws 

 of this state. If Carlyle were alive now, he 

 would say, " of the making of game laws 

 there is no end." 



Will the man who wrote in reply to Geo. 

 W. Rea's bear story, and who opens his 

 narrative by a reference to Shotgun valley, 

 please send me his name and address. 



Will W. G. Warren, of Echo Dell ranch, 

 Wyo., please give his P. O. address? 



BOOK NOTICES. 



THE BUTTERFLY BOOK. 



It is good to see an important piece of 

 work done by the hand of a master; and 

 every one who is interested in butterflies 

 has reason to be glad that Dr. Holland, 

 Messrs. Doubleday & McClure and color- 

 photography have all come together in this 

 delightful volume. 



A good butterfly book without colored 

 pictures is a practical impossibility. Here- 

 tofore the cheapest good work on this sub- 

 ject was that of Dr. S. H. Scudder, price 

 $75; but color-photography has changed 

 all that. 



Dr. Holland's book was produced under 

 the most favorable auspices imaginable. Its 

 author owns the finest collection of Amer- 

 ican butterflies and moths in existence, and 

 his library contains everything on the 

 lepidoptera that is worth having. He is not 

 only a profound authority on butterflies 

 and moths, but is also an artist, and an all- 

 around scholar, with facilities galore. No 

 wonder, then, that his " Butterfly Book " 

 is a book to gloat over. 



In size, typography and binding it is 

 uniform with Neltje Blantjen's 2 bird books 

 but it contains more text (382 pages), and 

 nearly 200 text illustrations. Of the text 

 itself, 25 pages are devoted to " The Life 

 History and Anatomy of Butterflies," 31 

 pages to " The Capture, Preparation and 

 Preservation of Specimens," 10 pages to 

 " The Classification of Butterflies," and 5 

 to " Books about North American Butter- 

 flies." Scattered through the book, under 

 22 titles, are about 25 pages of very pleas- 

 ing general matter, entitled " Digressions 

 and Quotations." cunningly designed as 

 breathing places for students who pore over 

 the portions of the work which involve 

 close attention. 



" The Butterflies of North America, 

 North of Mexico." occupy the book from 

 page 77 to page 367. After each family and 

 each genus has been described the different 

 species are taken up, one by one. About 

 half a page is devoted to each species, under 

 the 4 headings, " Butterfly," " Egg," " Cat- 

 erpillar " and " Chrysalis." The language 



