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shelter in a drain tunnel <5r a burrow. Like the Ptarmig-an, it g-enerally turns 

 white in the winter, this ag-ain being- a case of ' adaptation ' to protect it in 

 the snowy north. Eng-lish Hares also, in our northernmost counties, have 

 a tendency to whiten, for the same purpose. 



In some parts of Lincolnshire albino Hares recur at irreg"ular intervals, 

 the writer of this note having- a long- list of such cases, extending- over 

 the last 30 years. In Norfolk there is a g^rey variety. 



'Mad as a March Hare' is a common saying-, and in March they may 

 be seen g-ambolling- like frolicsome lambs. 



Since the passing- of Sir William Harcourt's ' Ground Game Act ' Hares 

 are unfortunately not so abundant as they were of old, to the loss of the 

 labourer, who enjoyed the-gift of a Hare from his master, as well as to that- 

 of the sporting- master himself. The writer of this notice has shot to his 

 own g-un in 'a w^arm corner,' within an hour, more than 50 Hares — and 

 could have shot double that number, but that his gun-barrels at times 

 became too hot — where now hardly a score are killed in a whole season ; 

 and Mr. Peacock says that, three decades ago, he has seen over do playing 

 together within an area of a few acres. 'Nous avons changS tout cela.' 



Mr. Peacock gives numerous anecdotes, showing the activity of the 

 Hare ; her sagacity in the ruses she can resort to in order to escape 

 observation ; how the young are reared and protected; their parents' 

 lang-uage in love-calls and notes of warning ; their choice of the soils they 

 prefer to frequent ; as well as the habits and tricks of some of their 

 enemies, human or musteline. — J. C. W. 



The Official Information Department of the Manx Government has 

 issued a useful pamphlet setting forth the attractions of the Island. 



The ' Report and Proceedings of the Commons and Footpaths Preserva- 

 tion Society,' just to hand, shows that much good work has been done by 

 this society during the past year. 



The twenty-sixth ' Annual Report of the Rochdale Literary and Scientific 

 Society ' is a record of a successful year's work. The society has 249 

 members, and there is a balance in hand of ^^65. 



'Healthy Game' is the title of 'Rural Studies Series, No. 4,' recently 

 issued by the Rev. E. A. Woodruffe Peacock (Goulding, Louth, One 

 Shilling). In this the author points out the principal causes of disease 

 amongst game, and the best methods to be adopted to prevent disease. 



A paper by Messrs. G. Coffey and R. Lloyd Praeger on 'The Larne 

 Raised Beach,' published by the Royal Irish Academy (two shillings), 

 demonstrates the value of the co-operation of geologist and arcliseologist. 

 It is one of the most interesting papers we have read for some time. 



The thirteenth ' Quarterly Record of Additions to the Hull Museum ' 

 (Publication No. 25) has just been issued. It contains 48 pages, 24 illustra- 

 tions in the text, and 2 folding plates, and is sold at one penny (A. Brown 

 and Sons, Hull). The principal items are : — ' The Plunger Beetle,' ' Wilber- 

 force Relics,' ' Old Hull Paddle Boats,' ' Hull Whaling Days,' ' Relics from 

 Meaux Abbey,' 'Barrow Antiquities,' 'Market Weighton Antiquities,' 

 ' Early Hull Tobacco Pipes,' and ' Rare Hull Tokens.' 



No. 5 of the 'Bradford Scientific Journal,' has been published, and 

 contains papers on ' Bradford Botanical Garden,' by W. P. Winter ; 

 'Afforestation of Water Catchment Areas,' b}^ S. Margerison ; 'Strange 

 Story of a Dragon Fly,' by Mary Simpson; 'The Season's INIigrants,' by 

 R. Butterfield ;"' A Prehistoric Weapon,' by G. H. Martin; and a further 

 instalment of Jovvett and Muff's ' Glacial Geolog-y of Bradford and 

 Keighley. ' Judging- from the illustration, we are not at all satisfied with 

 the genuineness of Mr. Martin's prehistoric stone club. We notice that 

 Mr. A. H. Pawson has presented over 300 valuable and well-established 

 plants to the Bradford Botanical Garden. The 'Local Nature Notes' are 



a valuable feature. 



Naturalist, 



