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THE NATURALISTS 7 JOURNAL, 
BOOK NOTES. 
The Birds of London, By H. K. Swann;* 
By this time the above work has been placed in subscribers 
hands, and has met, we do not doubt, with unanimous approval. 
So far as the nature of the thing admits it is really a pleasant 
reading book and not a dry-as-dust, monotonous catalogue. 
The introduction is specially noticeable for its simplicity of 
diction ; at the same time it betrays its author as an old hand 
in the ornithological sphere and not without an eye for the 
aesthetic in Nature. We are tempted to quote one little passage 
which struck our fancy, but the inevitable want of space forbids. 
However let us just mention that the nomenclature and class¬ 
ification followed has been that of Howard Saunders, in his 
“ Manual of British Birds ” ; that the work is printed in a neat, 
dear type, the interlinear spaces being well leaded. The Latin 
name of each bird is boldly lettered so that there is no trouble 
for those who have to u play the trombone ” with their book 
before obtaining the focus, in finding what they want ; though 
for the matter of that there is a good cross-reference index for 
guidance. Our advice is, get the volume at once as the edition 
is rapidly disappearing and there may not be another issued.— 
H.D. 
We have received a copy of Mr. H. T. Booth's little work 
on “ British Birds, their Nests and Eggs, Distribution, &c.” It 
is just the kind of handbook we should recommend for a 
beginner, as it contains brief descriptions of the nests and eggs 
of nearly all the species breeding within the British Islands, 
together with a slight sketch of their distribution and a 
summary of the Wild Birds Protection Act. It will be seen 
advertised elsewhere in our columns. 
Periodicals, &c., received.— The u Amateur Naturalist” 
(Organ of the Amateur Natural History Society) June number; 
“ Science Siftings ” ; the “ Western Gazette,’’ and the u Sussex, 
and Hants Naturalist,” June number ; we are informed that 
the latter is to be issued in a coloured wrapper in future, com¬ 
mencing with the July number. 
FOR SALE AND WANTED, 
Charges for advertisements '.—first twenty words r yd ., and every additional four 
words, id. When a private number is used , 2d. must be added for for¬ 
warding answers , the address then not being charged for. 
Advertiser declining collecting and leaving the North of 
England has for immediate disposal, at very low prices, a fine 
* London : Swan Sonnenschien & Co., Fop. 8vo. pp. XV, 136, 2s. 
