NEW BIOLOGICAL BOOKS 



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sense; the female, in three particular 

 cases, having perfect freedom of choice 

 among many suitors, chose exceptionally 

 handsome and brilliant mates. Besides 

 its value as a scientific record the book has 

 great literary charm. 



Professor Julian Huxley contributes an 

 introduction. 



THE BIOLOGY OF THE FROG. 



By Samuel J. Holmes. The Macmillan Co. 

 $z-75 5 x 7!; ix + 386 New York 



The fourth, thoroughly revised edition 

 of a standard elementary text in zoology. 

 The revision has been mainly in the 

 physiological sections of the book. 



University. While primarily economic 

 in its outlook, it contains a great deal of 

 information of interest and value to the 

 ccologist. 



A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWL- 

 EDGE OF TWENTY-ONE SPECIES 

 OF THE GENUS UPOGEBIA LEACH. 

 By J. G. de Man. Martin Nijhoff 



9 guilders The Hague 



9! x izf ; 58 + 6 plates (paper) 

 A detailed systematic account, with 

 abundant illustrations, of the taxonomy 

 of the genus Upgebia, decapod Crustacea 

 belonging to the Thalassinidae, or Callian- 

 assidae. 



ZOOLOGY OF COLORADO. 



By Theodore D. A. Cockerell. 



University of Colorado 

 $z.oo 6x9; vii + 2.62. Boulder 



A semi-popular systematic account of 

 the fauna of Colorado, with the bulk of 

 the space devoted to mammals, birds, and 

 insects. The book should be extremely 

 useful in aiding the non-professional 

 person to identify the common animals of 

 the region. It is one of the Semi-Centen- 

 nial Publications of the University of 

 Colorado. 



SOCIAL LIFE IN THE ANIMAL 

 WORLD. 



By Fr. Alverdes. 



Harcourt, Brace and Co., Inc. 

 $3-75 5? x 8 i; ix + il6 Nw York 



An attempt at a comprehensive survey 

 of animal sociology, the original German 

 edition of which has already been noticed 

 in The Quarterly Review of Biology. 

 The translation is excellent. 



THE FUR-TRADE OF CANADA. 

 By H. A. Innis. 



University of Toronto Library 

 $2.-oo 6x9; 172. Toronto 



This is the first of a projected series of 

 studies of the principal industries of 

 Canada, made under the aegis of the 

 Department of Political Science of Toronto 



SCIENCE OF ANIMAL LIFE. An Intro- 

 duction to Zoology. Treating of Animals: 

 Their Structure, Development, Reactions to 

 Their Environment, and Relation to Man. 

 By William M. Barrows. World Book Co. 

 $1.76 Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



5I x 7f; ix + 389 

 A comprehensive high school text book 

 of zoology, well illustrated, and excel- 

 lently organized for teaching purposes. 



