Practical Field Ecology by R. C. McLean; W. R. Ivimey CookReview by: P. K.The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Apr., 1947), p. 54Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25533532 .

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54 The Irish Naturalists' Journal. [Vol. IX.

OUR LIBRARY TABLE.

Irish Historical Studies, vol. V, no. 17 (March, 1946). Dublin:

Hodges, Figgis & Co.., Ltd., 5/6. The current riiumheir provides a goodly supply of carefully

compiled historical data. Dr. Ot'way-Ruthvein traces the development of the organization

of "

Anglo>-Irish shire' government in the thirteenth century.1' The duties and privileges of Sheriffls and itlne Chief Serjeants who assisted

them, and the eschieators, the -coroners and other officials are

explained. Siean O DornihtiaiU's article ion

" Warfare in (Sixteenth-century

Ireland "

.is a fully documented account of (the .campaigns engaged in by the Irish chiefs against the English power in Ireland. We are reminded how Hugh O'Neill's failure to -follow up his victory at the

Yellow Ford, and his subsequent defeat at Kinsale, hroughtt the Nine Years' War to an end. "

The Machinery of the Irish Parliamentary Party, 1880-85," by Conor Cruise O-'Briein deals with more -recent .events than we are

accustomied to read of din "

Irish Historical Studies." A list of theses bearing on Irish history, in course of preparation

or completed in 1945-46, for University examinations, and some thirty pages of hook (reviews, complete the contents. An (admirable

magazine. A. A. C.

Practical Field Ecology, by R. C. McLean, M.A., D.Sc, and W. R. Ivimey Cook, B.Sc, Ph.D. A Guide for the Botany Departments of Universities, Colleges and Schools. 207 pp., illustraitions, 9/- net. London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.

The authors ha,ve gathered together in one voliuime a description cf the necessary apparatus and mapping methods for ithe use of large classes of students in the field. The apparatus wo-uld prolbably be

beyond the scope of many schools ; but simplified -down to its

essentials, the scheme cf work could be adapted to suit other conditions. Field analysis of soils and pond waters are described in great detail and -a chapter on Algal Survey is included.

For inexperienced workers tthe Algal Key is rather involved, especially in the Phaeophyceae when the massive types can be so easily separated from the smaller.

The value of (this last section would be enhanced if a list of references to the various authorities on the three groups were

appended. This won.nld encourage the students in a proper checking of findings.

P. K.

The Naturalist, no. 820, January-March-, 1947. Principal contents : ?

"The Agarics', a Critical Survey/' hy A. A. Pearson, F.L.S.; " Observations on a pair of Nuthatches in 1946," by H. M. Gamett ; " The -effects of some insect parasites upon species of Melandrium,"

by H. G. Baker, Ph.D., and the 85th Annual Report of the Yorkshire Naturalists1 Union containing many botanical and zoological records.

Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, vol. LIX, no. 1, January, 1047. Of Irish interest as Fergus O'Rourke's paper on

" The

Rate of Progression in Ants "

as studied from Co. Wexford specimens.

The North Western Naturalist, vol. XXI, nos. 1 and 2, March and

Tune, 1946. Difficulties of publication are .shown by -the late appearance of

'his issue which, nevertheless, is most welcome and reflects the industry 3<f its worthy Editor?A. A. Dallrnan, A.L.S., F.C.S.?in chronicling happenings in the realm of nature over a large and interesting area.

Among the "Notes and Records" we notice one by Dr. M. Neal

laukin, well known to our readers, in reply to Kenneth Williamson's article on the custom of hunting Caaing Whales, giving

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