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ment in this sumptuous table-book (it is too heavy to hold in the hand) is practi- 
cally the same as in the present writer’s “ Familiar Trees,” reissued a few weeks 
back by the same publishers, 2 c., British species and others, commonly cultivated ; 
but here they are treated in systematic sequence and illustrated by a number ot 
photographs of structural details. The volume contains over 500 illustrations, 
many of them occupying whole pages, and therefore incapable of reproduction 
here. Mr. Irving’s unequalled series is now well known, and we wish that our 
Open “Cones” of Alder. 
From “Trees and their Life-Histories” (by kind permission of Messrs. 
Cassell & Co.). 
space permitted us to print more than the two here given. Mr. Groom’s text, 
though as accurate as his repute as a botanist would lead us to expect, and as 
little technical as possible, is somewhat meagre and purely made up of botanical 
description. In a future edition we should like to see the localities of the many 
fine specimen trees recorded. 
Birds of the Loch and Mou2itain. By Seton P. Gordon, qi in. x in. 
Pp. 181. Cassell and Co. Price 7s. fid net. 
The Ho2)ie-Life of 502220 Marsh-Birds. Photographed and described by Emma 
L. Turner and P. H. Bahr. With 32 Plates and many Text Illustrations, 
in. X 54 in. Pp. 62. Witherby and Co. Price 2s. fid. net. 
These two fine pieces of work are complementary to one another. 'In the 
first, Mr. Gordon produces first-rate results in his photographs and descriptions 
from his unique opportunities of observation among the mountains of Scotland ; 
while in the second. Miss Turner, a member of the Selborne Society, and Mr. 
Bahr give an equally good account of certain marsh species. While Mr. Gordon 
gives us many good pictures of snow-clad mountain and moor, the authors of 
the other volume devote special attention to nestling birds. 
British Birdsiox December contains an excellent portrait of the late Howard 
Saunders. 
Received: — The America)2 for October, 1907; and The Nal2(ralist, 
The Irish Naturalist, The A22ii22als‘ F>ieixd, The Agricultxiral Economist, and 
The Estate Magazisse for December. 
Some other reviews are again held over. 
