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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 38, 21 March 1914, Page 1

CONTENTS: Pag®. BAND COLUMN .. .» 4 BOOKS AND AUTHORS vr w 1 STAGELAND .. .. 1 SERIALS— * "The Lady of the Black Mask" 2 WOMEN'S WORLD .. .. . 3 ' THE AMATEUR GARDENER 4 POULTRY NOTES .. .. 4

A BOOK ABOUT NEW ZEALAND; BIRDS. Another book, written by a New Zealander, and published by a New Zealand firm, which is just about to be placed on the market, is Mr H. Guthrie-Smit!P*s <• Mutton Birds and Other Birds," an advance copy of which, I havehad through the courtesy of the publishets, Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs, an opportunity of iA'spectiig.!Mr Guthrie-Smith's previous "Birds of thevWater, Wood, and Waste,", established • the author's deputation as an ornithologist, and wa» : remarkable also for the graceful and agreeable style in which it was written. His new book d'&ls for tha most part with seabird life-as studied at Stewart T » ln u.4| and, like its predecessor, displays evidence of the author's unremitting patience and industry, in the collection of information concerning the mutton-birds and other birds which, are to be found in such variety and numbers on the island. The illustrations are again ai notable feature* , They are reproduced from photographs taken from living originals by the author, often under circumstance? and conditions of considerable inconvenience and djscopiifort. Some of these bird life studies l>y. are possessed of a quit* fascinating beauty J others recall, by their successful reproduction oi the nest life of the birds, method* of procuring food, and so forth, the work of the famom K cart on -Brothers. A detailed review of Mr Ghithrie- '>■■■■■■ - 1 "' "ins very shortly.