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Guide to the study of animal ecology, C. C. Adams {Neiv York, 1913, pp. 

 XII +183, pis. 7). — In the preparation of this work, which indicates briefly 

 some of the general bearings of the subject and method of approach, the author 

 has kept in mind the needs of the beginner in ecology. 



The subject is dealt with under the headings of aim, content, and point of 

 view; the value and method of ecological surveys; field study, the collection, 

 preservation, and determination of specimens; references to scientific technique; 

 references to important sources of information on the life histories and habits 

 of insects and allied invertebrates ; the laws of environmental change ; the laws 

 of orderly sequence or metabolism, growth, development, physiological condi- 

 tions, and behavior; and the continuous process of adjustment between the 

 environment and the animal, with special reference to other organisms. 



Bibliographies are given for the several subjects and author and subject 

 indexes are included. 



The birds of Connecticut, J. H. Sage and L. B. Bishop {Conn. State Geol. 

 and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 20, 1913, pp. 370). — In the preparation of the first 

 part of this work (pp. 15-257), which consists (1) of a catalogue of the birds 

 of Connecticut with records of their occurrence within the State, (2) a statis- 

 tical summary, (3) a list of observers referred to by initials or by surnames, 

 and (4) a bibliography of 58 pages of the important books and articles, the 

 authors were assisted by W. P. Bliss. The second part (pp. 259-360), which is 

 by L. B. Bishop, deals with economic ornithology. An index is included. 



The economic importance of the Hung'arian partridge (Perdix perdix) 

 (Aquila, 19 {1912), No. 1-4, pp. 166-209) .—The first part of this paper (pp. 

 166-201), which is by L. Thaisz, relates to the vegetable food, and the second 

 part (pp. 202-209), by E. Csiki, to the insect food of the Hungarian or gray 

 partridge, a species which has been introduced into the United States, as pre- 

 viously noted (E. S. R., 23, p. 154). 



Examination of contents of stomachs and crops of Australian birds, J. B. 

 Cleland {Emu, 11 {1911), No. 2, pp. 79-95). — Previously noted from another 

 source (E. S. R, 29, p. 756). 



rifth annual report of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants 

 from Insects and Fungus Diseases, 1912-13 {Anti. Rpt. Queheo Soc. Protec. 

 Plants letc.}, 5 {1912-13), pp. 95, figs. 46). — Among the more important ento- 

 mological papers in this report are the following : Parasitic Insects in the Con- 

 trol of Injurious Forms, by W. Lochhead (pp. 12-23) ; The Sawflies of the 

 Province of Quebec, by T. W. Fyles (pp. 27-31) ; The Role Played by Bees in 

 Fertilization of Flowers, by F. W. L. Sladen (pp. 39, 40) ; Some Insects which 

 Attack the Roots of Vegetables, by A. Gibson (pp. 41, 42) ; Some Insect Enemies 

 of Shade Trees, by J. M. Swaine (pp. 43-58) ; An Old Enemy of the Potato 

 [Meloidse], by J. C. Chapais (pp. 72-75) ; and Concerning Cutworms, Wire- 

 worms, and White Grubs, by W. Lochhead (pp. 85-94). 



Injurious insects in Brazil, G. Bondae {BoJ. Agr. [Sao Paulo'], 14. ser., 1913, 

 No. 1, pp. 28-42, figs. 16). — This is a general account of important insect enemies 

 of the common fig {Ficus carica) and of a related wild form in Brazil. Special 

 mention is made of the injury caused by the buprestid borer Colol)ogaster quadri- 

 dentata; the cerambycid borers Tceniotes scalaris and Tracliyderes thoracicus; 

 the curculionid Heilipus honelli, which bores in the trunks; the pyralid AzocMs 

 gripusalis, which bores in the limbs ; the sphingid Pachylia ficus; and the coccid 

 Morganella maskelli. 



A further contribution to the knowledge of the enemies of the olive, G. 

 DEL GuERCio {Redia, 9 {1913), No. 1, pp. 59-75; ahs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 1 {1913), 



