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suggested is to plant more trees that may serve as hosts or to thin out the 

 sandal. 



The occurrence of bamboo smut in America, Flora W. Paterson and Vera 

 K. Charles iPMjtopathology, 6 (1916), No. 4, pp. S51-356, fig. i).— The authors 

 report the occurrence of Ustilago shiraiana on Phyllostachys henonis grown 

 at Chico, Cal., from importations made from Japan. 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOaY— ENTOMOLOGY. 



Annual report of the governor of Alaska on the Alaska game law, 1916, 

 J. F. A. Strong (U. S. Dcpt. Agr., Bur. Biol. Survey Doc. 105 {1911), pp. 16).— 

 This, the fourth annual report on the administration of the Alaska game law, 

 covers the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916. Information for the public in 

 regard to the Alaska game law and regulations of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, regulations relative to licensed guides and packers in the Kenai 

 Peninsula, and laws passed by the 1915 session of the Alaska territorial legis- 

 lature for the protection of game animals are contained in appendixes. 



The domestic cat, E. H. Forbush (Mass. Bd. Agr., Econ. Biol. Bui. 2 (1916), 

 pp. 112, pis. 21, figs. 21). — This article deals with the cat as a bird killer, 

 mouser, and destroyer of wild life and discusses means of utilizing and con- 

 trolling it. 



Rats and rat riddance, E. H. Forbush (Mass. Bd. Agr., Econ. Biol. Bui. 1 

 (1915), pp. 87, pis. 12, figs. 19). — Previously noted from another source (E. S. 

 R., 35, p. 656). 



Bacterium tularense (Pub. Health Rpts. [U. S.], SI (1916), No. 11, pp. 1045, 

 10Jf6). — This plague-like disease, not uncommon among ground squirrels in 

 California, was observed in a rabbit in March by M. T. Clegg, this being the 

 first record for California. An outbreak of the disease in rabbits in Indiana 

 has been previously reported by Wherry (E. S. R., 33, p. 450). 



Land birds of northern New York, E. J. Sawyer (WatertoviM, N. Y.: Water- 

 town Bird Club, 1916, pp. 90, pi. 1, figs. 32; rev. in Auk, 33 (1916), No. //, 

 p. JtJf2). — A pocket guide to common land birds of the St. Lawrence Valley and 

 the lowlands in general of northern New York. 



The food of West Virginia birds, E. A. Brooks (W. Va. Dept. Agr. Bui. 15 

 (1916), pp. 14, pis. S, figs. 11). — A study of the economic value of birds of West 

 Virginia, with suggestions for the protection of the most useful species. 



The birds of the Isle of Pines, W. E. C. Todd (Ann. Carnegie Mus., 10 (1916), 

 No. 1-2, pp. 146-296, pis. 6; abs. in Auk, 33 (1916), No. 3, pp. 332, 333).— This 

 work, incorporating the substance of field notes by G. A. Link and consisting 

 largely of an annotated list of 142 species, includes an outline of the geography 

 and physiography of the Isle of Pines ; notes on the climate, previous work, 

 seasonal occurrence, and faunal affinities ; a bibliography of 64 titles ; etc. 



Some common insects and plant diseases of the farm, garden, and orchard, 

 W. E. RuMSEY (W. Va. Dept. Agr. Bui. 11 (1916), pp. 38, figs. 69).— A popular 

 illustrated account of the more important insects and plant diseases in West 

 Virginia. 



One hundred notes on Indian insects, T. B. Fletcher (Agr. Research Inst. 

 Pusa Bui. 59 (1916), pp. V-\-39, figs. 20).— These notes relate to insects of 

 economic importance. 



[Insects and control measures in South Africa] (Union So. Africa Dept. 

 Agr. [P«6.], 1915, Nos. 15, pp. 8; 83, pp. 8, figs. 8; 1916, Nos. 5, pp. 10, figs. 4; 6, 

 pp. 1, figs. 6; 1, pp. 1, figs. 4; 8, pp. 8, figs. 8; 9, pp. 6). — These papers on insect 

 pests and their control in South Africa relate, respectively, to Locust Destruc- 

 tion ; The Mally Fruit Fly Remedy for the Prevention of Maggots in Fruit by the 



