Book News and Reviews
Swenk; 'A Comparison of the Bird-life Found in the Sand—Hill Region of Holt County in 1883434 and in r9m.‘ by Law- rence Brunet; ‘Some General Remarks upon the Distribution of Life in Northwest Nebraska.‘ by Merritt Cary (illustrated ; ‘Notes on the Nesting of Some Sioux County Birds.’ by M. A. Carrilter. Jr. (illustrated): ’Bird and Nest Photography.’ by l. S Trostler; ‘Record of Nebraska Ornithology.‘ by R. H, Wolcott; Obitu- ary Notices and Miscellaneous Notes.— F. M. C.
The Ornithological Magazines
BULLF‘HN or THE NllCHlGAV Onsl- THowolan CLUE—"AHCT a few vears of apparent sleep, the Michigan Ornithological Club has again become active, and likewise its Bulletin. which discontinued publication (with Volume III. No. 2) in April, 1399. leaving Nos. 3 and a unpublished. has taken on a new lease of liie. and again ape pears as the regular record of the club."— [EditoriaLJ
Tile present numbeer the ‘Bulletin‘ con» tains‘ In Memoriam—Thomas McIIwraith,‘ by William E. Saunders. with a full-page portrait of Mr. MCIIwraith; “Some Work for Michigan Ornithologists to Do,‘ by William Dutcher. urging the club to take an active part in bird-protection measures: ‘Some Hints ior Bird Slutly.’ by Walter B. Barrows. containing some sound advice : 'A List of the Land Birds of Southeastern Michigan,‘ by Bradshaw H. Swales 'Sugr gestions for a Method of Studying the Migration of Birds.’ by Leon 1. Cole. which the club would do well to flt‘t upon; ‘Persoitals.~ ‘Etlitorials,‘ ‘Book News and Revieu‘s.' ‘ Notes from Field and Museum.‘ and a ‘Memhership Roll' in which all ornithologists of the Great Lake Region should have their names included.
The ‘Bulletin’ is edited by Alexander w. Blair, jr.. [3) Elmwood Avenue. De- troit, Michigan, to whom communications may be addressed.—F. M. C.
THE C(JNDtm.—In the Ma) number of ‘The Condor‘ students of bird migration will find an interesting account. by W.
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Otto EmersonI of ‘A Remarkable Flight of Louisiana Tanagers' at Haywards. Cali- fornia. Although seldom seen during the spring migration in this locality, the hirrls were very abundant from May r2 to 28, r395. They were also nnnsnally abundant about eight days earlier at Pasadena. in the southern part of the state. At both places they did much damage to cherries. and con- sequently were shot in large numbers, the number killed at Haywards being estimated at 600 to t.ooo.
Under the Caption ‘Nesting Dates for Birds in the Denver District. Colorado.‘ Fred Mr Dille has summarized the results of many seasons'collecting in the Rocky Mountain region for the use of those who desire to obtain specimens or photographs of nests. eggs or young birds. From the data here presented it appears that complete sets of eggs of most of the Colorado birds may bl: found between May 15 and June is. Nesting habits are also treated in three other papers lall illustrated). These are "l‘wo Virens ICassin‘s and the Western War~ bling] caught with a Camera,‘ by William L. Finley: “The Harris Hawk on His Nesting Grnund,‘ near Corpus Christi, Texas, by Mrs. F. M. Bailey; and ‘A Strange Nesting Site oi (:rr/yplr alum,' on a telegraph pole in the main street of Santa Monica. California. by W. Lee Chambers.
The status of “File California Yellow Warbler' is dis itssed by Joseph Grinnell, who reviews the history of the western bird and names it Dunlrm'm [PJIi-‘l’fl brews/Ni, basing his description on a specimen Cole lected at Palo Alto, California. Dmill’rllim u. mnrmmi, described from a bird taken at Fort Bridger. Wyoming. is treated a» a synonym of D. rerri-oa. Two faunal papers ‘Stray Notes from Southern Arizona,‘ by F, H. Fowler; ‘ Bird Notes from Eastern California and Western Arizona,‘ by Frank Stephens ; and two short notes on Hawaiian birds by William Alanson Bryan also der serve mention. Stephens' paper contains the first instalment of notes on the species ob- served in the summer of :902 in a little- known region of the Colorado desert and will be concluded in the next number. 7 T. S. P.
