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MR. PIGOTT is of opinion that every man, especially as he grows older, ought to have a “hobby,” his own being the observation of birds in their native haunts. That he has recorded the results of these observations in a manner acceptable to the public taste may be taken for granted from the fact of his book having reached a third edition. Whether, indeed, he is treating of the wood-pigeons in Kensington Gardens, of the gulls and cormorants on the ornamental water in St. James's Park, of London insects, of the bearded tit in the Norfolk fens' or of the sea-birds of the Shetlands and Fame Islands, the author is equally interesting; while the exquisite frontispiece by Mr. Thorburn and the other illustrations confer an additional attraction on a very charming little volume. In several instances, as in the case of gulls essaying to perch on the trees in St. James's Park, Mr. Pigott has new facts regarding bird life to place before his readers. The statement that rooks are not likely again to build in Kensington Gardens will be read with regret by all. On the other hand, bird-lovers will learn with pleasure that the bearded tit is on the increase in the Norfolk reed-brakes. Among the most interesting chapters in the volume are those on birds nesting in the Shetlands and bird life in St. Kilda.
London Birds and Other Sketches.
By T. Digby Pigott. New and enlarged edition. Pp. xiii + 256; illustrated. (London: E. Arnold, 1902.) Price 7s. 6d.
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L., R. London Birds and Other Sketches . Nature 67, 102 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067102a0
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