Abstract
THIS handy manual should prove of material help in popularizing the study of British dragonflies. It is the first to appear on the subject since Lucas's handbook of 1900, which is expensive and now out of print. Miss Longfield has achieved a judicious blend of scientific accuracy with an absence of all except a very few technicalities, which is what is needed in a work of its kind. It will serve as a guide to the identification of native British species and an introduction to their habits and distribution. Methods of collecting and preserving specimens are described, while a scientific classification of these insects is appended at the end for those who need it. It is up to date, fully illustrated and, in every way, a reliable little volume. We hope that it will arouse more interest in these insects than prevails at present, for there is much spade work, such as their range of distribution in the British Isles, which the amateur might study to advantage.
The Dragonflies of the British Isles
Cynthia
Longfield
By. (The Wayside and Woodland Series.) Pp. 220 + 260 illustrations. (London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1937.) 7s. 6d. net.
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The Dragonflies of the British Isles. Nature 142, 596 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142596c0
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