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Book Reviews general public. The editor of the series suggests in his preface that Animals and Men ought to be read by every intelligent farmer and animal owner, as well as by all those who, while not keeping animals themselves, are confronted by the economic problems arising from the depredations of the brown rat and other pests. Katz's review of certain aspects of avian behaviour has probably never been bettered.
Animal Courtship. By MAURICE BURTON. London: Hutchinson. 1953. Pp. 267. 16s. This well-written work provides a neat and factual account of various aspects of courtship "through a wide range of animal species. As such it will undoubtedly help materially the general appreciation of animal behaviour studies by the lay public. The excellent illustrations by Jane Burton add materially to the value and readability of the work. It is appreciated that this book has been written for a wide public, but it does seem nevertheless that when the author has gone to such trouble to piece together material from an extremely wide variety of sources, the book should lack adequate documentation. Even footnote references would have rendered Animal Courtship of considerably greater value to the serious student.
Mammalian HySrids: A Check-List with Bibliography. Technical Communication No. 10 of the Commonwealth Bureau of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Edinburgh. By ANNm P . GRAY. Farnham Royal: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux. 1954. Pp. x + 144.21s. As Dr. W. G. Osman Hill remarks in his Foreword, zoologists generally and mammalogists and geneticists in particular will welcome the present annotated compilation, both as a work of reference and as a reliable guide to the large number of mammalian hybrids reported in the literature. The study of inter-specific hybridisation is, of course, of considerable interest to behaviourists, and among other groups of vertebrates we have, for example, the recent ethological data of Poulsen. The present Check-list has clearly been prepared with meticulous care, and the probable accuracy of each record is stated. As the author observes, there are obvious objections to the practice that has had to be adopted of giving specific rank to those domestic animals that are of diverse origin, but this is the only convenient way of fitting such animals into the alphabetical arrangement that has been employed. In view of the recent writings of Lorenz on the behaviour of domestic dogs of different origin, it is interesting to observe that there appears to be no record of a hybrid between Can.is lupus and C. aureus, or the reciprocal.
Bird Ringing. By R. M. LOCKLEu & ROSEMARY RUSSELL. London: Crosby Lockwood. 1953. Pp. viii + 119. 9s. 6d. In five chapters and three appendixes this little work provides a succinct account of almost all aspects of Bird-ringing. In style it departs materially from the normally somewhat discursive approach of the senior author, but its readability is by no means impaired in consequence, and it is altogether a commendable monograph that will be read and used by all ornithologists, and will constitute a standard work of reference on this important technique. Animals and Men. By BERNARD KATZ. Translated by ttannah Steinberg & Arthur Summerfield. London: Penguin Books. 1953. Pp. 192. 2s. The proprietors of the Pelican series are to be congratulated on their publication of the revised translation of Bernard Katz's work, which replaces the 1935 translation hitherto in use in English-speaking countries. The general outline of the work remains unchanged, but there have been a number of additions and amendments. The scope of the text does not embrace much of the modern research on ethology, but this nevertheless remains one of the most useful of the more general elementary texts on animal behaviour, and ought to be in the possession of every serious student, as well as being a most helpful work to members of the
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The British Journal of Animal Behaviour, Vol. II, No. 1, p. 38. Delete " I N F R A - R E D " from the title of the paper by J. B, S, Haldane & H. Spurway. 79
Animal Courtship. By MAURICE BURTON. London: Hutchinson. 1953. Pp. 267. 16s. This well-written work provides a neat and factual account of various aspects of courtship "through a wide range of animal species. As such it will undoubtedly help materially the general appreciation of animal behaviour studies by the lay public. The excellent illustrations by Jane Burton add materially to the value and readability of the work. It is appreciated that this book has been written for a wide public, but it does seem nevertheless that when the author has gone to such trouble to piece together material from an extremely wide variety of sources, the book should lack adequate documentation. Even footnote references would have rendered Animal Courtship of considerably greater value to the serious student.
Mammalian HySrids: A Check-List with Bibliography. Technical Communication No. 10 of the Commonwealth Bureau of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Edinburgh. By ANNm P . GRAY. Farnham Royal: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux. 1954. Pp. x + 144.21s. As Dr. W. G. Osman Hill remarks in his Foreword, zoologists generally and mammalogists and geneticists in particular will welcome the present annotated compilation, both as a work of reference and as a reliable guide to the large number of mammalian hybrids reported in the literature. The study of inter-specific hybridisation is, of course, of considerable interest to behaviourists, and among other groups of vertebrates we have, for example, the recent ethological data of Poulsen. The present Check-list has clearly been prepared with meticulous care, and the probable accuracy of each record is stated. As the author observes, there are obvious objections to the practice that has had to be adopted of giving specific rank to those domestic animals that are of diverse origin, but this is the only convenient way of fitting such animals into the alphabetical arrangement that has been employed. In view of the recent writings of Lorenz on the behaviour of domestic dogs of different origin, it is interesting to observe that there appears to be no record of a hybrid between Can.is lupus and C. aureus, or the reciprocal.
Bird Ringing. By R. M. LOCKLEu & ROSEMARY RUSSELL. London: Crosby Lockwood. 1953. Pp. viii + 119. 9s. 6d. In five chapters and three appendixes this little work provides a succinct account of almost all aspects of Bird-ringing. In style it departs materially from the normally somewhat discursive approach of the senior author, but its readability is by no means impaired in consequence, and it is altogether a commendable monograph that will be read and used by all ornithologists, and will constitute a standard work of reference on this important technique. Animals and Men. By BERNARD KATZ. Translated by ttannah Steinberg & Arthur Summerfield. London: Penguin Books. 1953. Pp. 192. 2s. The proprietors of the Pelican series are to be congratulated on their publication of the revised translation of Bernard Katz's work, which replaces the 1935 translation hitherto in use in English-speaking countries. The general outline of the work remains unchanged, but there have been a number of additions and amendments. The scope of the text does not embrace much of the modern research on ethology, but this nevertheless remains one of the most useful of the more general elementary texts on animal behaviour, and ought to be in the possession of every serious student, as well as being a most helpful work to members of the
ERRATUM
The British Journal of Animal Behaviour, Vol. II, No. 1, p. 38. Delete " I N F R A - R E D " from the title of the paper by J. B, S, Haldane & H. Spurway. 79