1914] The Ottawa Naturalist. 95 



Canadian students will indeed welcome the final part of 

 this magnificent work on the Birds of New York. The New 

 York State Museum is to be congratulated in issuing such a 

 beautiful and xisefvil memoir. To the author every credit is due 

 for the final appearance in such delightful form of years of labour. 

 The plates by the well known artist, Mr. Fuertes, will certainly 

 be admired by all bird lovers. The cost of issuing such ^^olumes 

 is, of course, extremely high and for this reason personal copies 

 will be expensi\'e and possiblv difficult to obtain. The chief 

 public libraries, however, in Canada should endea\-or to obtain 

 these two volumes for use in their reference reading rooms. 

 Owing to the large number of persons interested in our native 

 birds there would tmdoul)tedly be many applications for the 

 use of the books. 



A. G. 



Handbook of The Rocky Mountains Park Museum. — By 

 Harlan L Smith. Canaeia, Department of the Interior, 

 Dominion Parks Branch. 



This verv useful handbook of 126 pages has recently been 

 received. It has been prepared with the intention of giving 

 to the public now a reference guide to the natural history of 

 the whole region in and around the Rocky Mountains Park, at 

 BanlT, Alta. In Chapter 1, on the " Geography of the Rocky 

 Mountains Park, a list of the important mountains, with 

 their altitude is given, as well as a fist of the living 

 animals in the Zoo and the Paddock. Under Chapter 2 

 on IMammals," the different species are discussed in an inter- 

 esting manner. Chapter 3 treats of the Birds, Chapter 4 the 

 Fishes; Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8 discuss Reptiles, Amphibians, 

 Shellfish and Insects. These latter chapters are brief and do not 

 mention anv of the species. Chapter 9 describes many of the 

 Trees found in the Park. Chapter 10, on "Minerals," 1 1 , on 

 "Rocks," and 12, on "Fossils" are also brief. Chapter 13 is 

 on "Weather," 14 on "Antiquities," 15 on "Indians" 16 on 

 "Historv" and 17 on "Literature of the Rockv Mountains 

 Park." 



The handbook will doubtless be well, recei^•ed by many 

 visitors to the Banff Museum and Park. A. G. 



