. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 320 Animal Life Fhotograpli by Wall Bros., Melbourne. DROUGHT-STEICKEN SHEEP AT SOUTH ST. KILDA. following fact is also very-significant. Mr. DavidHendry, to v^hom thesheep belonged, startedfrom Wakool Eiver inApril, 1902, with 3,400sheep; in September,when within about eightmiles of Melbom-ne, thenumber had diminishedto 2,300; that is to say,in less than five months1,100 sheep had suc-cumbed to the effects ofthe drought; this is anaverage of over 200deaths per month, ornearly 80 per cent, peryear. Mr. George Wall, of Melbou
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 320 Animal Life Fhotograpli by Wall Bros., Melbourne. DROUGHT-STEICKEN SHEEP AT SOUTH ST. KILDA. following fact is also very-significant. Mr. DavidHendry, to v^hom thesheep belonged, startedfrom Wakool Eiver inApril, 1902, with 3,400sheep; in September,when within about eightmiles of Melbom-ne, thenumber had diminishedto 2,300; that is to say,in less than five months1,100 sheep had suc-cumbed to the effects ofthe drought; this is anaverage of over 200deaths per month, ornearly 80 per cent, peryear. Mr. George Wall, of Melbourne, hassent us the two photographs^Sheeij^ which we reproduce on thispage. They are not particu-larly pleasant-looking pictures, but theytell a tale, more eloquent than words, ofwhat fearful privations have been enduredsince Australia became subjugated by KingDrought nearly eight years ago. The. Photograph bi/ Wall Bro/t., Melbourne. GRAZING ON THE BANKS OP ELLWOOD CANAL The frontispiece in this number, which isreferred to in Mr. Lydekkers^piate^^ article on the Coloration ofMammals, is from an originalpainting by Sir Harry Johnston. It is anexcellent specimen of the sixteen which hehas done to illustrate his volume on BritishMammals in The Woburn Library. Inaddition to these coloured plates, there willbe many reproductionsfrom photographs takenspecially for the work,and printed separatelyon art paper. We under-stand that the author,who is solely responsiblefor this volume, will dealbriefly in the three firstchapters with the extinctmammals of GreatBritain, devoting the restof the book to Britishmammals of to-day,beginning with the batsand insectivores, goingon to the cats andother carnivora, thephocidae and cetacea, therodents, and finally deerand cattle.
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