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Notes and Comments. 
who has been particularly happy in his descriptions of the 
natural features and archeological treasures of the county, 
as in the selection of illustrations, which are exceptionally 
good. We are kindly permitted to reproduce a specimen 
(plate IV.). These volumes must revolutionize the teaching 
of geography in our schools. 
LIVERPOOL BIOLOGISTS. 
The twenty-seventh volume of the Proceedings of the 
Liverpool Biological Society is even more substantial and 
valuable than usual, the report of the Investigations at the 
Lancashire Sea Fisheries Laboratory and the Fish Hatchery at 
Piel, by Professor Herdman and his assistant, alone occupying 
over 250 pages, with charts and figures. There is also Mr. 
J. Johnson’s Presidential address on ‘ Bergson’s Philosophy 
Photo by | | .1 . Scott. 
Ctenophore caught swallowing a Mysid. 
of the Organism ’ ; the 26th Report of the Liverpool 
Marine Biological Committee, by Professor Herdman ; Ob- 
servations of the Marine Algae of the Isle of Man Area, by 
Professor Harvey-Gibson and the Misses Knight and Coburn ; 
an interesting paper on ‘ The Early Days of Comparative 
Anatomy,’ by Professor F. J. Cole, and a well illustrated 
Memoir on ‘ Eupagurus ’ (the Hermit Crab). There are nu- 
merous charts and illustrations, one of which we are kindly 
perm-tted to reproduce. 
The Home Secretary has appointed Mr. William Eagle Clarke, Edin- 
burgh, to be a member of the Home Department’s Committee recently 
appointed to inquire into the working of the Wild Birds’ Protection 
Acts. 
Naturalist, 
