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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



The Birds of New England and adjacent States. Containing 

 descriptions of the birds of New England and adjacent States 

 and provinces, arranged by a long- approved classification and 

 nomenclature; together with a histoiy of their habits, time of 

 arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of 

 breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests 

 and eggs; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and 

 accurate figures of their eggs. By Edward A. Samuels, Cura- 

 tor of Zoology in the Massachusetts State Cabinet. Fifth 

 edition, revised and enlarged, pp. 591. Noyes, Holmes & Co. 

 Boston, Mass. 

 This volume has been piepared with a v. lw of furnishing to all 

 a work devoid of technicalities, and of a moderate price. The 

 student in ornithology has here a very convenient manual to aid 

 him. Synonyms, description, and accounts of the habits, of 

 each species are given in a short yet sufficient space. The plates 

 and wood-cuts arc as good and numerous as can be afforded for 

 the price of the work. The t)pographical work is good, but the 

 binder has been unusually lavish with his ornamentations. 



Third Annual Report on the Noxious, Benejicial and Other In- 

 sects of the State of Missouri. Made to the State Board of 

 Agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose 

 from the Legislature of the State. By Chas. V. Riley, State 

 Entomologist, pp. 1 76. 76 illust: atior.s. From Missouri 

 State Times. 

 Much has been done by Mr. Riley \\\ disseminating a practical 

 knowledge of entomology. The work before us is replete with 

 new and useful facts brought out by him, during the previous 

 year. Agriculturists and horticulturists have, in these reports 

 information specially adapted to their interests. 



First ^innual Report of the Board of Coniniissioners of the 

 Department of Public Parks, for the \'ear ending May i 

 1 87 1, pp. 427. 

 Numerous plates, maps, wood-cuts nnd photographs illustrate 

 this work. An account of what has been done the previous year 

 and of what is intended to be done in future on Central Park we 

 are informed. A list of the animals in the menagerie is also 

 added. 



