10 JUNE 1893, Page 13

[ERRATUM.—In the article on "Animal Patterns," which ap- peared in

the Spectator of June 3rd, the deck on whose breast the " spot-pattern " appears is described as the " harlequin- duck," instead of the " wood-duck," of Illinois. The mistake is suggestive, for the harlequin-duck has almost the same striking arrangement of lines, colour, and other ornament which adorns the " wood-duck," but in the latter alone the pattern is added as a separate and distinguishing enrichment.]