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THE July number of School Nature Study (31, No. 124), the official organ of the School Nature Study Union, contains several articles of interest. An ecological study of the plant life of the salt marshlands of south-west Sussex by A. D. French reveals four important zones, namely, the inner shore banks above high-water mark, beaches and sands above high-water mark, the interzonal region, and the marsh proper. The vegetation of these zones has been carefully examined and recorded. The animal life, too, afforded certain features of interest, and a list of birds is given. The birds of Costa Brava, Spain, have been studied by Margaret M. Hutchinson, and her observations are embodied in a short article (together with a list) in the same number. A. C. Evans, of the Rothamsted Experimental Station, contributes an article on insects and their food. The factors determining an insect's choice of plant food are examined, and the author reveals our great lack of knowledge on this problem, especially from the point of view of plants of economic value. The School Nature Study Union publishes a series of pamphlets dealing with subjects of interest to the biologist, about seventy of which are reprints from School Nature Study; five other Special Leaflets are also available. A list of the pamphlets may be obtained from Mr. E. G. Clarke, 7 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex.
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School Nature Study . Nature 138, 110 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138110b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138110b0