Notes and Comments. 
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ANOTHER. 
The Daily Chronicle, a little while ago, published an 
extraordinary letter stating that well-known Naturalists’ 
names are absent from the New Years’ Honours List, and three 
names were suggested as suitable for inclusion (though whether 
as Lords or Dukes was not stated), viz., Richard Kearton, 
W. Percival Westell and Oliver G. Pike. One of these 
gentlemen has evidently taken the suggestion seriously, and, 
after -a lapse of over five weeks, wrote the following letter to 
the same paper : * I have only just noticed that in a letter in 
a recent issue, your correspondent flatteringly suggests that 
my name should sooner or later appear on the Honours List. 
In moments of depression, such a letter as that written by 
your correspondent stimulates and inspires one for further 
new effort, and I am deeply grateful for the suggestion he 
kindly puts forward. Perhaps some day the work of those 
who have, during the last twenty years or more, fostered and 
stimulated a love for Nature will be duly recognised. — W. 
Percival Westell, F.L.S.’ Marvels, indeed, again ! If a 
naturalist is to be so honoured, we know of hundreds who 
should have preference. 
PILTDOWN MAN. 
In the November -December part of Natural History, the' 
Journal of the American Museum of Natural History (New 
York, 1921, Vol. XXL, No. 6), Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn 
has generously written a complete retractation of his earlier 
views on the nature of the Piltdown Jaw, an error into which 
he had been led by the hasty generalisations of Gerritt Miller 
and others, who had not seen the original specimens. Thus 
it becomes necessary to warn our readers against the ‘ Chim- 
panzee ’ nonsense printed by Miller, by Osborn himself, by 
Boule and others, and to give to Dr. Smith Woodward the 
full credit for his skill and acumen in deciphering the remains 
found by Dawson, himself and Teilhard in the gravel deposit 
of Piltdown. Dr. Smith Woodward was, indeed, wise in not 
replying to his hasty critics. All honour to Dr. Osborn for 
his courteous and generous retractation. 
A NEW PARKER AND HAS WELL A 
This, the standard text -book on this subject, is too well- 
known to teachers and students alike to require any recom- 
mendation from us. All we can do is to draw attention to 
the fact that still another edition has been published from 
the house of Macmillan, who have brought it out in the lavish 
way characteristic of that firm. The volumes are absolutely 
indispensable to the Zoologist, and too much praise cannot 
* Text-Book of Zoology , by T. Jeffrey Parker and William A. Haswell, 2 
vols., pp. xl.4-816 and xx. 4-714 (London : Macmillan & Co.), 50/- net. 
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