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BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Bucher-Verzeichniss von K. Friedlamder & Sohn. — No. 436, Ornithologie, 

 received 2nd March 1901. [ Publishers • 



N. American Fauna, No. i(>, 28tfa October 1899: Results of a Biological Survey 

 of Mount Shasta, California, by C. Hart Merriam. [U.S. Dept. Agrie. 



Bristol Naturalists Society. —Exchange List, 6th March 1901. [The Society. 



Bristol Nat. Society. -Proceedings, New Series, Vol. 9, Part 2, for 1899. [The Soc. 



British Association. —Report of 70th Mooting, at Bradford, Sept. 1900. J Association. 



Cardiff Naturalists Soc. — Report and Trans., Vol. 32, 1899-1900. [The Society. 



North Lonsdale Magazine; Vol. 4. No. 4, December 1900. [Mr. S. Lister Petty. 



Boston Society of Nat. History. —Proceedings, Vol. 29, No. 9, April 1900. [Soc. 



Manchester Geographical Society. — Supplement to Vol. 14, Nos. 9-12, for Oct.- 

 Dec. 1898, published January 1901. [The Society. 



Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc. — Mem. and Proc, Vol. 45, Pt. 1, March 1901. [Soc. 



Ornithologisches Jahrbuch. — Jahrg. 12, Heft 1, Jan. -Feb. 1901. [Zu Schmidhoffen. 



Manchester Geog. Soc. — Journ., Vol. 16, Nos. 7-9, July-Sept. 1900. [The Society. 



Revue Bryologique, 28 e Annee, 1901, No. 2, 16'' Mars. [M. T. Husnot, Cahan. 



Le Mois Scientifique, 3 e Annee, No. 3, Mars 1901. [J«.B. Bailliere & Fils, Paris. 



Museo Nacionalde Montevideo. — Anales, tomo 2, fasc. 17, Febrero 1901. [Museo. 



Hobbies, Vol. 10, No. 281, 2nd March 1901. [The Publishers. 



Past and Present, successor to N.H.J., No. 206, 15th Mar. 1901. [E. I. Gower, Editor. 



New Mexico College of Agriculture. — Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 

 No. 31, December 1899: A Study of Soil Moisture, by C. A. Keffer and 

 J. D. Tinsley. [College. 



Geological Magazine, N.S., Dec. 4, Vol. 8, No. 440, for Feb. 1901. 



Geography: Notes of Manch. Geog. Soc. — No. 54, March 1901. [The Society. 



Science Gossip, N.S., Vol. 7, No. 82, for March 1901. [John T. Carrington, Editor. 



Psyche: Journ. of Entom., No. 299, for March 1901. [Cambridge Ent. Club, U.S.A. 



Knowledge, Vol. 24, No. 185, for March 1901. [H. F. Witherby, Ed., London. 



La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, No. 365, l er Mars 1901. [Mons. Adrien Dollfuss. 



The Nautilus, Vol. 14, No. 11, for March 1901. [H. A. Pilsbry, etc., Editors. 



Entomologists' Record, Vol. 13, No. 3, 15th March 1901. [J. W. Tutt, Editor. 



The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 10, No. 3, for March 1901. [The Editors, Dublin. 



The Zoologist, 4th Series, Vol. 5, No. 7 17, 15th Mar. 1901. [West, Newman&Co., Publ. 



Nature Notes, Vol. 12, No. 135, for March 1901. [Selborne Society, London. 



Aquila, a Magyar Madartani Kozpont Folyoirata, Vol. 8, Nos. 1-2, 5th Feb. 1901. 



[Hung. Nat. Museum 



Otto Kleinschmidt. — A Falco hierofalco Alakkdre, 4to. reprint, 190 1. 



[Hung. Nat. Mus. 



R. Snouckaert v. Schauburg. — Ornithologiai naplom kivonata 1899 evrol, 4to. 



reprint, 1901. [Hung. Nat. Mus. 



Id. — Ceryle alcyon Europaban, 4to reprint, 1901. [Hung. Nat. Mus. 



Stefan Chernel v. Chernelhaza. — A madarak hasznos es karos voltanSl positiv 



alapon, 4to. reprint. [Hung. Nat. Mus. 



Jakab Schenk. — A Madarvonulas Magyarorszagon az 1899, etc., 4to. reprint, 



1901. [Hung. Nat. Mus. 



