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Reviews and Book Notices. 
Field Studies of Some Rarer British Birds by J. A. Walpole-Bond, 
Witherby & Co., 1914, pp. xii + 305, 7s. Od. We have previously referred 
to Mr. Walpole- Bond’s work. The present book contains papers printed 
from various reviews, etc., and doubtless many ornithologists will be glad 
to have them in their present form. The chapters deal with Dartford 
Warblers, Pied Flycatchers, Sussex Crossbills, Cirl Buntings, Choughs, 
Ravens, Woodlarks, ‘ The Woodcock ’ Owl, Hen-Harriers, Buzzards, 
Eagles, Golden Eagles, The Red Kite, Peregrine Falcons, Hobby, Merlin, 
Gadwall and Black Guillemot. 
Coast Sand-Dunes, Sand-Spits and Sand Wastes by Gerald 0. Case. 
London : St. Brides Press, viii -f- 162 pp., 5s. Mr. Case has had some 
experience of groyning and of otherwise protecting the land from erosion, 
and in connection with his work he has gathered together much informa- 
tion relating to different methods adopted for protecting low lying land 
from erosion. He deals with the advantages of collecting in-blown sand 
in the form of sand-dunes, which, with the help of man, can serve very 
useful purposes. The volume is illustrated with a remarkable series of 
reproductions of photographs taken at home and abroad. 
Wild Game in Zambezia by R. C. F. Maugham. London : John 
Murray, 1914, pp. xii + 376, 12s. net. The author of this book is H.B.M. 
Consul General for the Republic of Liberia, and as an experienced sports- 
man and zoologist, has had exceptional opportunities for observing the 
rarer mammals in that paradise for rarities, the Zambezia district. There 
is nothing technical in his chapters, which are exceedingly well written 
and informative. He deals with almost all the aspects of big game, both 
mammal and reptile, and also refers to smaller fry down to birds and 
tse tse flies. The volume is illustrated by a large number of very good 
photographs showing the animals in their native haunts. 
The Old Whaling Days by Robert MacNab. Whitcomb and Tombs, 
pp. xvi. + 508. There are a number of books dealing with the nothern 
whale fisheries, but the literature relating to the southern whaling trade 
is by no means so extensive. We therfore welcome the present book, 
which deals with the southern fisheries. It seems that whalers had fished 
off the northern coast of New Zealand so long ago as 1794, and from that 
date the various bases and towns of the whaling trade are enumerated, 
and many stirring and exciting incidents are related. The author also 
reprints copies of whaling log-books, etc., which throw a flood of light on 
the hardships of these good old times. There is a very good index. 
We have received from the Viking Society further of its valuable 
publications, viz., Xos. 43 — 48, of their Old Lore Series. These refer 
to Orkney', Shetland, Caithness and Sutherland, and contain a mine of 
valuable information relating to these interesting districts. Perhaps 
the most valuable is a remarkable index published as Part XII. of Yol. I. 
of the Orkney and Shetland Records. Whoever has compiled it has 
certainly put students under a debt of gratitude. The Miscellaneous Votes 
are also very valuable. We should certainly recommend any of our 
readers interested in northern antiquities to subscribe to the ^ iking 
Society, as its publications are alone worth more than the subscription. 
A Leisurely Tour in England by J. J. Hissey. London Macmillan & 
Co., pp. viii. -(- 396, 1 os. net. The author of thi$ work, unlike Stevenson, 
who had a troublous journev with a donkey, had a reliable motor car 
which enabled him to thoroughly examine rural England in the Shropshire, 
Leicestershire, Berkshire, Hampshire and Sussex districts. The book 
is not a mere guide to the places he has visited, but is a remarkably readable 
and entertaining volume dealing with just that aspect of rural life which is 
so peculiar to England. Mr. Hissey’s vast experience as a traveller has 
enabled him to see and record that which is best, and with the aid of a 
delightful series of photographs and sketches he has produced a book 
which it will certainly pay anyone to peruse. 
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