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present edition of Nuttall's Handbook of Birds has been revised and annotated by 

 M. Chaml)erlain. The vokinie is divided into two parts, viz, land birds, and game 

 and water I)irds. The habits and economic relations of each Inrd are discussed, in 

 addition to descriptive notes, and an account of variations in distribution. 



Ornithology, M. W. Doherty ( Ontario Agr. Col. and Expt. Farm Rpl. 1902, pp. 

 30-32) . — The author presents a table of notes on the migration of a number of species 

 of birds. 



Tlie best method of poisoning small birds, B. C. Aston [Neiv Zealand Dept. 

 Agr. Leaflets for Farmers, No. 66, pp. 3). — For destroying the P^nglish sparrow and 

 other birds which are injurious to grain, the author recommends the use of wheat 

 dampened with milk and sprinkled with powdered strychnin. 



Food habits of the common garden mole, L. L. Dyche ( Trans. Kansas Acad. 

 Sci., 18 {1901-2), pp. 183-186). — The author examined the stomach contents of 67 

 moles taken at various seasons throughout the year. Earthworms were found to 

 constitute 42 per cent of the entire food. The moles had eaten myriopods, grasshop- 

 pers, insect eggs and larvpe of various kinds, as well as ants and other adult insects. 

 About 4 per cent of the food taken by the moles was of vegetable origin. This 

 included the seeds of grasp, hemp, and other plants, as well as small quantities of corn. 



Annual report of the New York Zoological Society for 1902 [New Yorh: 

 Zool. Sac., 1903, pp. 205, pis. 41, figs. 15). — The executive committee, of which H. F. 

 Osborn is chairman, presents a report of the general management, equipment, scientific 

 work, and publications of the society (pp. 33-49). W. T. Hornaday, director of the 

 zoological park, gives a report on the mammals, birds, reptiles:, administration, and 

 miscellaneous work connected with the zoological park (pp. 56-79). 



H. Brooks, pathologist of the zoological jiark, gives an account of the diseases 

 which prevailed among the animals of the park during 1902 (pp. 101-120). Deaths 

 were most frequent among the primates, 67 out of 170 deaths having occurred in this 

 group. Of the 67 deaths, 30 were from tuljerculosis. Notes are also given on pneu- 

 monia, gastro-enteritis, i)arasitic diseases, actinomycosis, distemper, rabies, and on 

 the pathological effects of captivity on wild animals. As chief among the effects of 

 captivity, the author mentions fatty degeneration and certain changes in the blood 

 vessels. The annual report of the veterinarian is presented by F. H. Miller (pp. 

 131, 132). Distemper occurred in 10 animals, while actinomycosis was observed in 

 4 antelopes. The affection was believed to have spread from a specimen cajitured 

 in Montana. Notes are also given on the recurrence of Miescher's sacs, Trichodedes 

 cervus, and blood filaria in sea lions. 



W. R. Blair discusses the modes of tubercular infection in wild animals in captivity 

 (pp. 133-136). It is believed that in a large jjercentage of cases infection takes i>lace 

 by inhalati(jn rather than by ingestion. The alimentary tract apparently becomes 

 affected secondarily. The same author presents a report on cysticerci in wild rumi- 

 nants (pp. 137-144). The following articles in the report may also be mentioned: 

 Observations on the Development of Reptiles, by R. L. Ditmars (pp. 145-153); 

 Some Notes on the Psychology of Birds, by C. W. Beebe (pp. 154-159); The Home 

 of the Giant Tortoise, by R. H. Beck (pp. 160-174) ; The Caribou, by M. Grant (pp. 

 175-196). 



The monthly bulletin of the division of zoology, H. A. Surface {I'ennsgl- 

 vania State Dept. Agr., Mo. Bui. Die. Zool., 1 {1903), No. 5, pp. 32, pis. 2). — Brief 

 notes are given on plant diseases, method of preparing anmioniacal solution of copper 

 carbonate, insects injurious in September, peach diseases, preservation of robins, flies 

 on live stock, Pemisylvania law against peach yellows, peach rosette, and other dis- 

 eases, gapes in fowls, San Jose scale, relation of forestry and zoology, and the destruc- 

 tion of burrowing animals by fumes. 



