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236 or may not be imperfect; his conclusions may or may not be final; but he has contributed an instructive essay on the subject of his county's ornithology, and has inculcated a method which we may hope to see followed in philosophical ornithology.

this is a volume primarily addressed to the sportsman, it contains very much of interest to the naturalist, and refers to the somewhat little-known fauna of Nova Scotia. We wish the author would write another volume, discarding his shooting and fishing exploits, and giving us only his zoological observations. He has been alone with the animals he has shot and captured, he gives abundant hints of the observations he has made on their habits, and he has almost a responsibility to publish them. In fact, one passes over matter instructive in animal bionomics by being carried away captive to the domain of sport so well and enthusiastically described by Mr. Pattillo. If, however, he is a poor sportsman who is no naturalist, so is he a circumscribed naturalist who has never felt the ardour of the sportsman; and in this spirit the work may be read with advantage by both parties. The last chapter—not the worst in the book—requires supervision. Once more we meet with our old nautical enigma, the "Dolphin." Our readers will probably surmise that the "Dolphin" here referred to is a fish, the wellknown Coryphæna.