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Douglas English Nature Books No 1, One Hundred Photographs from Life of the Shrew-mouse, the Dormouse, the House-mouse, the Field-mouse, the Meadow-mouse, and the Harvest-mouse

1907; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 76; Issue: 1957 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/076007a0

1476-4687

R. L.,

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

SINCE no less than sixty-four out of the ninety odd pages which go to form each of these volumes are devoted to reprductions of photographs of mammals and birds in their native haunts, the lover of animal life has a rich entertainment at a very small cost. As we learn from the introduction to the first, this series of books is intended for the pocket of the field-naturalist, and it is hoped that while the illustrations (which are almost beyond praise) will aid in the recognition of species, the letterpress will be of service alike in confirming previous observations and in suggesting new lines of inquiry. The series is intended to be comprehensive in scope. In the first part, which is devoted to some of the smaller British mammals, it is satisfactory to find a reversion to the use of popular names like water-rat, field-mouse, and shrew-mouse, in place of the spurious terms water-vole, field-vole, and shrew. In the second number Mr. R. B. Lodge gives one hundred photographs of bird-life, with appropriate notes. Since, however, the illustrations include species like the glossy ibis, little egret, and spoonbill, it is rather difficult to see what they have to do with the ordinary field-naturalist. Douglas English Nature Books. No. 1, One Hundred Photographs from Life of the Shrew-mouse, the Dormouse, the House-mouse, the Field-mouse, the Meadow-mouse, and the Harvest-mouse. By Douglas English. Pp. 93. No. 2, One Hundred Photographs of Bird Life. By R. B. Lodge. Pp. 95. Illustrate London: S. H. Bousfield and Co., Ltd., 1907.) Price 1s. each.