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A visit to the heronry at Walker Lake.— Even the egret, once on the 

 verge of extinction, is coming back on this fine sanctuary, R. A. Holland 

 (Wild Life, 1 {1911), No. 2, p. 9). 



Lost and disappearing wild birds of Missouri, W. L. McAtek {Wild Life, 

 1 {1911), No. 2, pp. 1, 16). 



The birds of the Anamba Islands, H. O. Obeeholseb {U. S. Nat. Mm. Bui. 

 98 {1911), pp. 15, pis. 2). 



Birds collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on various islands in the Java Sea. 

 H. C. OBEKHor.sER {Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 54 {1911), pp. 111-200). 



The status of Aphelocoma cyanotis and its allies, H. C. Oberholser {Con- 

 dor, 19 {1911), No. 3, pp. 91 95). 



Notes on the fringilline genus Passerherbulus and its nearest allies, H. G. 

 Oberholser {Ohio Jour. Sci., 11 {1911), No. 8, pp. 332-336). 



A review of the subspecies of the leach petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa, 

 H. C. Oberholser {Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 5^ {1911), pp. 165-112). 



The relationships of the fossil bird Palaeochenoides mioceanus, A. Wet- 

 more (Jour. Oeol., 25 {1911), No. 6, pp. 555-551, fig. 1). 



How to attract birds in the East Central States, W. L. McAtee {U. S. 

 Dcpt. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 912 {1918), pp. U, figs, ii).— This, the fourth of a 

 series of bulletins describing the best methods of attracting birds in various 

 parts of the United States (B. S. R., 38, p. 53), covers the territory west of 

 Pennsylvania, north of Tennessee, and east of the one-hundredth meridian. 



The agricultural value of bird life in Louisiana, H. H. Kopman {Mod. 

 Farming, 41 {1911), No. 12, pp. 3, 4). — This account includes a brief report «f 

 several bird counts made on farm land in Louisiana during the breeding 

 season of 1915. 



On the life history of a soil ameba, C. W. Wilson {Univ. Cal. Pubs. Zool., 

 16 {1916), No. 16, pp. 241-292, pis. 6).— A detailed report of studies of the life 

 history of Nacgleria gruheri, pure mixetl cultures of which were maintained 

 under laboratory conditions for -a period of two years. In these cultures 

 encystment and excystment, enflagellation and exflagellation. and exogenous 

 and endogenous budding were observed and are described. A bibliography 

 of 45 titles is included. 



Ninth annual report of the State entomologist of Indiana, F. N. Wallace 

 {Ann. Rpt. State Ent. Ind., 9 {1915-16), pp. 230, figs. 132).— This report in- 

 cludes papers on Some Injurious Insect Pests of the Year (pp. 23^7) which 

 incorporates a paper by M. E. Kinsey on the Onion Thrips ; Some Common 

 Diseases of Vegetables (pp. 77-90) and Directions for Sterilizing Soil in Plant 

 Beds and Greenhouses (pp. 91-96), by J. B. Demaree; Report of the State In- 

 spector of Apiaries (pp. 98-104) ; and Some of the Important Insect Pests of 

 Indiana, by R. E. Snodgrass (pp. 105-225). 



Report of the entomologist for 1916, H. A. Surface {Penn. Dept. Agr. Bvl. 

 290 {1911), pp. 65-70).— This is the usual annual report (E. S. R., 87, p. 459). 



Report of the Dominion entomologist for the year ended March 31, 1916, 

 C. G. Hewitt {Canada Dept. Agr., Rpt. Dominion Ent., 1916, pp. 13, pis. 4). — 

 This reports on the work of the year under the headings of the administration 

 of the Destructive Insect and Pest Act ; introduction of parasites and predatory 

 enemies of the brown-tail and gipsy moths; insects aiffecting cereal and other 

 field crops, garden, and greenhouse; and insects affecting forest and shade 

 trees. Summary reports of the work carried out at the field laboratories follow. 

 [Insects of economic importance in Cuba] {Sec. Agr. Cuba, Com. Sanid. 

 Veg., Bui. 1 {1911) [English Ed.], pp. 36-48, 52-66, 61-11, pis. 22).— The injury 

 caused to sugar cane by Pseudococcut sacchari (pp. 36-38) and by the cercopid 



