Reviews and Book Notices. 
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Health, by L. J. Clendinnen ; The Commoner Ailments of Cage-Birds, 
by E. A. D’Ombrain. 
Strange Happenings in Wild Life by George Hearn, with foreword 
by The Marquess of Tavistock, pp. 288 and 112 illustrations, Hutchinson, 
15/-. This book is worth having if only for the emphasis it lays on the 
individuality of wild creatures. All cautious trained observers are 
to-day aware that the ‘ average ' conduct of a species is no complete 
By courtesy 0/] [ Messrs . Hutchinson Publishers, Ltd. 
Common tern assisting her chick to get out of the egg-shell by breaking it 
from the outside. 
guide to the doings of any one member, and Mr. Hearn has collected 
in this charming book a host of new records of bird and animal behaviour. 
The letter press is accompanied by a large number of photographic 
illustrations, some of which are delightfully appropriate to the text and 
of outstanding merit. One of these is reproduced above. 
A History of the Birds of Suffolk, by Claud B. Ticehurst. 
London : Gurney & Jackson, xi + 502 pp., 24/- net. Bird lovers will be 
grateful to the late J. H. Gurney for suggesting to the author of this 
book that he should prepare a volume dealing with the Avifauna of Suffolk. 
Naturalists owe a debt of gratitude for the admirable way in which the 
valuable notes have been printed and illustrated. Yorkshire led the 
way in publishing the two volumes on the Birds of Yorkshire, under the 
auspices of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, since when a large number 
of counties have been covered in a similar way. The substantial volume 
before us — the last of a long series — is equal to anything which has pre- 
viously appeared, and before long naturalists will have the pleasure of 
knowing that practically every part of the British Islands has been 
covered in this way. At the end of the book is a bibliography and a map 
to illustrate a history of the birds of Suffolk. 
The Naturalist 
