Book News
The listoi the late Mrr Kumlien and of Mt. Hollistet includes 357 species and sub— species, with more or less extended annota- tions concerning their lnanner of occurrence and dates of migration. It should prove a most serviceable hand-list of Wisconsin birds.
Mr. Silloway's ‘Bitds oi Fergus County. Montana.‘ is, in fact. a handbook of the birds of this region. It gives information in regard to the distribution, migration and nesting oi the birds treated. as well as brief descriptions which should permit one to identify them. Copies or this useful publi- cation. we note. may he obtained by appli- cation to the author at the Fergus County High School. of Lewistown. Montana. The trustees of this institution are thus It: be congratulated not only on publishing an excellent treatise but on making it available to the public withoutcharge.—F. M. C.
The Ornithological Magazines
THE CONDOl.—- With the November- Decemhet number “The Condor' pletes its fifth year and. with one exception, the largest volume in its history. The Iead~ ing article is by E. W. Nelson and con- tains an interesting series of ‘ Notes on the Mexican Cormorant.’ made chiefly in the vicinity of Lalte Chapala. Mexico. and il» lustrated with five half-tones. This Cormo- rant seems to be chiefly a fresh- or brackish- water species and ranges from Central America north to southern Illinois. A suggestive paper on ‘The Use of Sentinels by Valley Quail.‘ by Williams. shows how much still remains to be learned about the habits of comparatively well-known birds. ‘Notes on the Texan Jay ' are contributed by Howard Lacy. and on ‘The Rocky Mountain Screech Owl ' by W. L. Burnett.
Local lists are represented by the con- cluding part ot Osgoad's ‘List of Birds 0h- served in Cochise County. Arizona,’ and Anderson’sand Jenkin‘s ‘ List of Birds from the Santa Cruz Mts.. California.’ The list of hirtls peculiar to Santa (.‘rul Island is in- creased by the description of a new species. Vireamaillt'unlarum. Grinnell. Two pages of ‘ Correspondence ' are devoted to a con- tinuance of the discussion ut the horulirrg
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and Reviews 3t feature of the A. 0, U. Model law by Dr. J. A. Allen. B. W. Nelson and the Editorl An improvement has been made in the in~ dex. which has been consecutively paged anti prepared for binding at the end of the volume. where it properly belongs; but no table of contents or list of illustrations is furnished with the title-page.—an omission which we hope to see supplied in future volumes.—T. S, 1’.
WILSON BULLETIN.—willl Number *5 the ‘Wilson Bulletin‘ completes the fifteenth volume of a series which began soon after the organization of the W'ilson Chapter in rats. and which includes a large amount of valuable ornithological material.
In an editorial re'rlmté the editor touches on the value and pleasures of field work. antl suggests that any one having even a limited chance lot observation may make a careful study of a few birds, He very prop- erly expresses a wish that in these studies the birds will be considered as such. and not as beings possessed of human attributes and motives, This desire for reform is most welcome antl timely. judging from the in- creasing number of misguided or designing enthusiasts who are inclined to discover human characteristics in birds and mam- mals and who are filling the book-shelves with misleading trash at the expense of trustworthy and valuable materialr
Lynds Jones. under the title of ‘A Bob- wbite Covey.‘ gives an interesting and val- uable account ol the formation ol the roosting t‘ircle of a covey of Bob-whites as described by Robert J. Sim. of Jefferson. Ohio. In ‘A List of Birds Seen in Franc- unia. N. H.. and Vicinity During August and September roop' H. E. Porter and others noted 84 species of birds. it of which were not mentioned by Faxon and Allen in their paper in ‘The Auk' of rust These observers, however. recorded .3 species not found by the party in 1903,
Besides a number oi general notes. this issue of the 'Bulletin ' irtg short papers: ‘Bachman Sparmw‘ selected from Dawson‘s ‘Birds of Ohio,‘ ‘A December Hermit Thrush.‘ and ‘Black Skimmers at Woods Holl. Mass,’ by Lynds jones ‘A, K. F.
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