'jrrus little volume is intended to serve as 
a pocket companion to the pond-hunter 
during his rambles in search of specimens. 
The majority of the larger insects, molluscs, 
etc. , which will be found in the net have been 
figured in its pages, whilst the 'whole seven 
Batrachians indigenous to Britain are also 
represented. The fishes are excluded, as they 
were treated in an earlier volume of this 
series, entitled “ Freshwater Fishes. ” The 
scientific nomenclature is taken from “ Life in 
Fonds and Streams ,” by Mr. IV. S. Fumeaux, 
and the plates are so arranged that each 
creature belongs to a lower form of life than 
the one immediately following it. The reader 
is particularly referred to the photographs 
fpp. 43-58) illustrating the life-history of the 
Frog and to those depicting the vieta7norphoses 
undergone by the Dragon Fly fpp. 18-23). 
