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THIS is a very interesting account of a year's sojourn in an interesting country, and although the author went out for a special purpose, to survey for a railway, every moment of his spare time was taken up in making collections and taking notes in most of the branches of natural history. The scientific interest of the book is mainly confined to the notes on animals, birds, reptiles, insects, and the parasitic torments of Brazil, notes on botany and on geology, together with a discussion of the theory of evolution and observations made on protective colouring and mi mi cry.
A Year in Brazil.
By Hastings Charles Dent With 10 Full-page Illustrations and 2 Maps. (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1886.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 34, 215–216 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034215b0
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