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of the Giesbrecht nets from the Naples Station. These, together with the 
old and new styles of Tanner net, which we take with us, as well as a self- 
closing net adopted by Dr. ‘Townsend of the ‘ Albatross,’ which he was kird 
enough to have made for me, will give us the means of comparing these 
different styles of deep-sea tow-nets, and of testing their comparative 
efficiency under similar circumstances.” 
A ‘CatatoauE of British Birds’ in the collection of Mr. E. M. Connop, 
of NRollesby Hall, Norfolk, has been compiled by our old contributor 
Mr. Thomas Southwell, and contains rather more than is usually expected in 
such enumerations. The preface is a digest of information respecting the 
principal private ornithological collections made in Norfolk and_ their 
ultimate dispersal. There are also some details as to the life-histories 
of professional gunners, who have done much for British ornithology, are a 
vanishing race, and will leave little personal record. The enumeration 
of the birds is accompanied with—in most cases—careful localisation; date 
and method of acquisition ; if purchased, sale and lot number given; and 
many other items which will afford material for the British Natural History 
of the future, when an attenuated fauna will be principally described by the 
connection it will bear with the authentic records of the past. It is 
published at Norwich. 
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In the January number of the ‘ Annals of Scottish Natural History, 
Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown has written on a subject to which he has paid 
much attention, “‘On the Minor Faunal Areas.” His own words will give 
the best introduction to his memoir :— 
‘At the present time naturalists are endeavouring to arrive at conclu- 
sions regarding certain groups of phenomena relating to animal life, which 
phenomena have every appearance of being intimately associated with one 
another. These are: Bird Flight, Migration, Dispersal, and Distribution. 
As a first means towards their study I have long advocated the subdivision 
of larger areas into smaller sub-areas, and have illustrated my contention 
by treating this country of Scotland in such a manner. I have defined 
what we may call ‘the Minor Faunal Areas of Scotland’ from topographical 
and faunal standpoints. 
“The Minor Faunal Areas of Scotland are at present defined either 
by the names of the principal river basins or from their isolated positions. 
‘ Dee,’ ‘ Forth,’ ‘ Clyde’ are examples of the former, and ‘ Outer Hebrides,’ 
‘Orkney,’ ‘ Shetland’ are examples of the latter; whilst another group is 
indicated from their somewhat more general geographical position, inde- 
pendent of their great watersheds—and including these—such as ‘ Moray,’ 
‘ Sutherland,’ ‘ West Ross,’ or ‘ Argyll.’” 
