Animal Sketches. By C. Morgan Lloyd. (Edward A rnold.)— These
sketches of Mr. Morgan Lloyd are instinct with life and observation ; and the bony skeleton is only revealed to us when it becomes necessary to elucidate some particular formation or dis- tinguishing characteristic. This treatment of wild animals is far more useful than an elaborate analysis and synthesis of a skeleton. Where the author has not been able to finish his study at first hand, he has gone to a museum, he tells us. A bird or an animal well set up by a naturalist is not by any means the mummy the unobservant would have it. Cotton-wool is a poor substitute for the untiring activity of the living spirit ; but many points we can study to more advantage when the bird can no longer get away from us. Mr. Morgan Lloyd is interesting when describing habits, mode of feeding and preying, and there are many sugges- tive hints for comparison and study in his most readable volume.
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