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34. Blomefield’s e Reminiscences of Selby.’ 
[Reminiscences of Prideaux John Selby, and Twizell House; also 
brief notices of other North-country Naturalists. By Leonard Blome- 
field (late Jenyns). 8vo. Bath: 1885, (For private circulation.)] 
We have already noticed (Ibis, 1885, p. 441) the ‘ Re- 
miniscences of Yarrell ’ by the veteran Mr. Blomefield, and 
we have now before us a similar but more extensive pamphlet 
containing his experiences of Selby and others. The author 
paid four visits to Twizell, making several excursions w r ith 
Selby in the neighbouring part of Northumberland, on one 
of which he was present at the third anniversary of the Ber¬ 
wickshire Naturalists'’ Club, the first of those associations 
for observations in the field which have since increased in 
number, and have, in an unpretending manner, fostered an 
interest in natural history. Selby's fine collection of birds 
remains at Twizell House, the property of Selby's third 
daughter, Lady Tancred; but at one time it was found to be 
in a sadly neglected state, and although Mr. Blomefield has 
been told that its preservation for the future has been 
assured, he remarks regretfully that the place is no longer 
to be thought of in connection with naturalists and natural- 
history pursuits. 
35. Booth on British Birds . 
[Rough Notes on the Birds observed during Twenty Years’ Shooting 
and Collecting in the British Islands. By E. T. Booth. With Plates 
from Drawings by E. Neale, taken from specimens in the Author’s 
possession. Parts Y.-IX. Folio. London: 1883-85.] 
We have unavoidably allowed several of these numbers 
to remain unnoticed, and now we can only enumerate 
those species which are regarded by the author as of 
sufficient importance to be figured. Part Y. contains two 
plates of the Red-breasted Merganser, adults and young, 
and six excellent illustrations of the successive stages of 
plumage in the Gannet. In Part VI. we see Mr. Neale at 
his best in his delineations of Ptarmigan (3 plates), com¬ 
pared with which the 4 plates of the Arctic Skua seem 
