. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 358 Animal Life water between tide-marks; the water being retained in the pool by means of a wall of mud from four to six inches in height and with a diameter of about eighteen inches, this wall being constructed by the fishes. Outside the wall are a number of small holes, which may or may not lead into the central burrow and are employed as retreats on ordinary occasions. AVhen, however, the fish are thoroughly alarmed they skip on to the wall, where they sit for a time before diving into the pool and seeking safe refuge in
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 358 Animal Life water between tide-marks; the water being retained in the pool by means of a wall of mud from four to six inches in height and with a diameter of about eighteen inches, this wall being constructed by the fishes. Outside the wall are a number of small holes, which may or may not lead into the central burrow and are employed as retreats on ordinary occasions. AVhen, however, the fish are thoroughly alarmed they skip on to the wall, where they sit for a time before diving into the pool and seeking safe refuge in one of the large burrows, which always run in an oblique direction. According to native reports, the fishes collect the mud or clay of which the wall is built by diving to the bottom of the pool and bringing up a mouthful at a time. This statement is confirmed by the appearance of the wall itself, which is formed of pellets of clay differing in character from the surrounding surface mud, and of such a size and shape that they might perfectly well be casts of the mouth-cavity of the fish. We have received from Mr. George A. Morton, of Edinburgh, a copy of Dr. Book!" Gerald Leighton's new book, " The Life History of British Lizards," uniform with the same author's " Life History of British Serpents " published. FEMALE OF THE COMMON LIZAED (i two years ago by Messrs. Blackwood. These two volumes are perhaps the best from a popular point of view, as they certainly are the most- recent works on the reptiles of Great Britain. The book on lizards is written more especially for field naturalists, and although the introductory chapter deals with the distribution and so on of lizards generally, and another with their anatomy, the zoologist who wishes to probe more deeply and in greater detail into the scientific study of this sub-order must make for a less interesting work. But if Dr. Leighton's book will not satisfy museum students, it will certainly appeal to
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