Abstract
“ANIMAL Secrets Told” (1) is a series of popular articles explaining, or attempting to explain, the reason for special variation in the shape and structure of some of the external organs, like the feet, tail, ears, and noses, of certain selected types of vertebrate animals. The book contains much that is instructive and true and suggestive; but some of it is highly imaginative and must not be taken too seriously by the uninformed.
(1) Animal Secrets Told: A Book of “Whys.”
By H. C. Brearley. With twelve full-page illustrations from photographs by Elwin R. Sanborn. Pp. xvi + 274. (London: Headley Brothers, n.d.) Price 5s. net.
(2) Wild Life in the West Highlands.
By C. H. Alston. With illustrations by A. Scott Rankin. Pp. xi + 271. (Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1912.) Price 6s. net.
(3) The Sheep and Its Cousins.
By R. Lydekker Pp. xv + 315. (London: George Allen and Co., Ltd., 1912.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
(4) The Marine Mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh.
Part i., Cetacea; Part ii., Sirenia; Part iii., Pinnipedia. By Sir Wm. Turner Pp. xv + 207. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1912.) Price 6s. net.
(5) The Growth of Groups in the Animal Kingdom.
By Prof. R. E. Lloyd. Pp. viii + 185. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1912.) Price 5s. net.
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P., R. (1) Animal Secrets Told A Book of “Whys” (2) Wild Life in the West Highlands (3) The Sheep and Its Cousins (4) The Marine Mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh (5) The Growth of Groups in the Animal Kingdom. Nature 91, 80–82 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091080a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/091080a0