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occupy a considerable space, and this section has been entrusted 

 to Mr. Newberv, who h as , as the Editor remarks, "the distinction 

 of having compiled the most extensive list in the Guide."' This 

 is followed by a " Supplementary List," by Mr. Donisthorpe, 

 bringing the enumeration up to date, but even then, in the 

 editorial introduction, we read that two species, both found in 



1906, have still to be added — LatJirobium rufipenne and Cis 

 dentatus. Mr. H. F. Poole enumerates the Lepidoptera, Mr. 

 Morey the Diptera, and Mr. E. A. Butler the Hemiptera. 



Mr. Percy Wadham is responsible for the section on "Fishes," 

 a subject that possesses many interesting features. Many species 

 have been recently and still are being introduced, so that con- 

 siderable disparity may exist in recent enumerations compared 

 with those of an earlier date. Thus Mr. Aflalo, in his ' Sketch 

 of the Natural History (Vertebrates) of the British Islands " 

 (1908), wrote of the Isle of Wight : "The streams hold neither 

 Pike, nor Perch, nor Chub, nor Gudgeon." The first two, how- 

 ever, now appear in Mr. Wadham's list ; the Perch introduced in 



1907, and the Pike represented by a single specimen out of three 

 imported from the Itchen in 1901, for the purpose of keeping 

 clown small Pviidd which infest the Isle of Wight Union Pond. 

 "Birds" have been entrusted to Mr. Reginald Fox, and the 

 enumeration is of a greater extent than some would have antici- 

 pated. This section contains several plates, that illustrating 

 the White Stork being particularly commendable. The mam- 

 mals are also treated by Mr. Wadham, but our space is now 

 occupied, and we can write no more. We must, however, give 

 one suggestion and express one regret. The first is that a biblio- 

 graphy of the whole subject would have been welcome, while we 

 deplore the absence of an index. A good map of the island is, 

 however, appended. 



A Survey and Record of Woolwich and West Kent. General 

 Editors : C. H. Grinling, T. A. Ingram, & B. C. Polking- 

 horne. Woolwich : Labour Representation Printing Com- 

 pany, Ltd. 



The appearance of this volume has from unavoidable circum- 

 stances been considerably belated. It was intended to be pub- 

 lished in time for the Woolwich Congress (1907) of the South- 



