44 ‘The American Naturalist. , [January, 
able number of fair illustrationsin the text, there are seven page-plates 
showing photographic enlargement of various insects. | 
Horns and Hoofs*.—This octavo volume of 411 pages is a reissue 
in a collective form of articles which have appeared from time to time in 
the Field and Land and Water. The animals come under the designa- 
tion of “ big game,” and include the wild oxen, sheep and goats, the 
Asiatic and African antelopes, the Asiatic and South American deer, 
the wild pigs, and the rhinoceroses, ancient and modern. In some of 
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the chapters all the members of particular groups are discussed, òè! 
other cases, while the geographical distribution of all given, the author 
limits the full description to the more important members. The rela- 
tions existing between the different groups and the past distribution of 
each particular group are treated of more at length than is customary 
in the majority of sporting works. In fact the book rises much above 
the general level of this class, as it could not fail to do as the work of 
Dr. Lydekker, who is one of the most competent of modern zoologists. 
orns aand Hoofs or Chapters on Hoofed Animals. By R. Lydekker. Horace 
Cox; The Field Office, Windor House. Loudon, 189 
