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loiijr been famous ns a resort for watei- birds when niij^rating, consequently 

 it lias offered fjreat inducements as a hunting ground and has attracted thou- 

 sands of Inuiters from all parts of the country. This region not only harbors 

 myriads of ducks during spring and autunui, but is one of the few extensive 

 wateifowl Itrcediiig grounds remaining in the United States. The various 

 l)reeding grounds in Brown, Cherry, Garden, and Morrill Counties were visited 

 by the author in .June, 1915. Practically all the lakes in central and eastern 

 Cherry County were examined, and a large number of lakes in Garden and 

 Morrill (^^ounties were visited and careful observations made of the water 

 birds living on them. 



A general desci-ijition is given of the sandhill region and an account of ob- 

 servations on the lakes of eastern Cherry County, with a list of water birds 

 observed in .Tune and October. 191.5; tlie lakes at the head of the North Loup 

 River, with a list of birds o1)served in .June; the Cody lakes, with a list of 

 birds observed in June ; the lakes of Brown C(»unty, with a list of birds ob- 

 served in June and October; the lakes of Garden and Morrill Counties, with 

 lists of the birds observed in June and October ; the Platte River, with a list 

 of the birds observed in October; and the lakes of the North Platte Irriga- 

 tion Project, with a list of the birds observed in October. An annotated list 

 of water birds in the sandhill and Platte River regions of Nebraska follow 

 (pp. 22-35). 



The regulations issued by this Department under the Federal migratory bird 

 law of 1913, which prohibit the spring shooting in the United States as a 

 necessary means of protecting ducks during the spring migration and the 

 early part of the breeding season, are said to have resulted in a steady in- 

 crease of ducks in Nebraska. 



II. Wild-ducJc foods of the sandhill region of Nebraska, W. L. McAfee (pp. 

 37-77). — This is a report on the vegetation of 44 lakes in the sandhill region, 

 together with information on the value of the plants as wild-duck food and 

 suggestions for improvements based upon notes and .specimens collected from 

 July to October, 1915, by R. Thomson. Lists are given of those plants taken 

 on the different lakes. 



The crow, bird citizen of every land, E. R. Kaimbach (Natl. Geogr. Mag., 

 37(1920), No. J^, pp. 322-337, flgfi. 10). 



Fifth annual list of proposed changes in the A. O. U. Check-list of 

 North American Birds, H. C. Oberholser (Auk, 37 (1920), No. 2, pp. 274-285). 



A hand list of British birds, E. Habtert, F. C. R. Joukdain, N. F. Tice- 

 HURST, and H. F. Witherby {London: Witherhy d Co., 1912, pp. XH-\-237).— 

 This book lists 469 forms and shows their distribution in the British Isles and 

 abroad. 



Report of the departmental committee on the protection of wild birds, 

 E. S. Montagu et al. (London: Home Dept. [Gt. Brit.}, 1919, pp. Jf/f). — This is 

 a report of a committee of six appointed under the Wild Birds Protection Act 

 for the protection of wild birds. 



The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, edited by 

 A. E. Shipley and C. A. K. Marshall (London: Taylor and Francis, 1910, pp. 

 XIV +322, pis. 2, figs. 76).— In this volume the Lamellicornla of the sub- 

 families Cetoniinse and Dynastiniie (pp. 2.56-314) are dealt with by G. J. 

 Arrow. Descriptions are given of 241 forms of the Cetoniinse and 46 forms of 

 the Dynastinse. 



Insect beha^aor, P. G. Howes (Boston: Richard G. Badger [1919], pp. 176, 

 pis. 68). — In the preparation of this volume the author has aimed to produce 

 a popular work which is in every way scientifically accurate. It consists of 



