142 Notices of Books. [January’ 
The papers on the “ Lepidoptera of Moncreiffe Hill ” and on 
“ Glen-Tilt, its Fauna and Flora ” are contributions towards the 
task of mapping out the range of every animal and vegetable 
species within this island — an operation which, as we learn from 
too many sources, is fast being simplified by the extirpation of 
many interesting animals and plants. 
A significant paragraph by Mr. J. H. Gurney, of Norwich, 
points to the increase of wood-pigeons in Scotland, and the 
injury which they inflicft upon crops, as facfts not unconnected 
with the slaughter of 2642 individuals of the hawk tribe on 
three estates only. This is a fadt which the author of “ Game- 
Preservers and Bird-Preservers would do well to take into 
serious consideration. 
The paper by Dr. Lauder Lindsay on the “ Gold-fields and 
Gold-diggings of Crawford-Lindsay ” has, perhaps, more of an 
antiquarian than of a mineralogical interest. 
