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Results of a Biological Survey of 

 Mount Shasta, California. By C. 

 Hart Merriam, North American Fauna, 

 No. i6, Washington, Government Print- 

 ing Office, iSgg. 8vo, pages 179 ; pll. v ; 

 text figures, 46. 



Dr. Merriam remarks in his intro- 

 duction : "All high mountains, particu- 

 larly those that stand alone, are likely 

 to throw light on the problems of 

 geographic distribution, and are worthy 

 of careful study. Shasta, not only 

 because of its great attitude, but even 

 more because of its intermediate position 

 between the Sierra and the Cascades, 

 promised an instruction lesson, and was 

 therefore chosen as a base station for 

 part of the field work of 1899." 



Lack of space prohibits a detailed 

 review of this volume, whose contents 

 is indicated by the following section 

 headings: 'General Features,' 'Forests 

 of Shasta,' 'Forest Fires,' 'Slope 

 Exposure, ' Life Zones of Shasta, ' ' The 

 Boreal Fauna and Flora of Shasta 

 contrasted with Corresponding Faunas 

 and Floras of the Sierra and Cascades, ' 

 ' Efficiency of Klamath Gap as a barrier 

 to Boreal species compared with that of 

 Pitt River and Feather River Gaps 

 Collectively, ' ' Sources of the Boreal 

 Faunas of Shasta and of the Sierra 

 and the Cascades,' ' Mammals of Shasta, 

 ' Birds of Shasta and Vicinity ' ( pages 

 109-134),' 'Notes on the distribution of 

 Shasta Plants. ' 



The work is an admirable exposition 

 of its author's thorough methods of 

 research, and exhibits his breadth of 

 view in considering the influences which 

 govern the distribution of life. — F. M. C. 



Our Native Birds : How to Protect 

 AND Attract Them to Our Homes. 

 By D. Lange. New York : The Mac- 

 millan Company, 1899. lamo, pages 

 ix-|-i62, 10 ills, in text. Price, $1. 



Here is a book which should be in the 

 hands of every one interested in bird- 



protection. The author is not only fully 

 abreast, but perhaps a trifle ahead of 

 the times. As instructor in Nature 

 Study in the public schools of St. Paul, 

 Minnesota, he has learned to appreciate 

 the educational value of bird-study and 

 to develop methods of teaching which 

 here are clearly set forth. As a resident 

 in the country, he has observed the evils 

 of bird-destruction, and has devised 

 means of making our lawns and gardens 

 more habitable for birds by providing 

 them with feeding, bathing and drinking 

 places and nesting-sites, and by destroying 

 their enemies. 



The author is not a theorist, but is 

 definite and practical, and the reader 

 desirous of attracting birds about his 

 home will find here exactly the needed 

 instructions, with well selected references 

 to the literature of ornithology and 

 horticulture. 



The book is a unique and valuable 

 contribution to the subjects of bird- 

 study and bird-protection, and we wish 

 for it the widest possible circulation. — F. 

 M. C. 



Bird-Notes Afield, a Series of Essays 

 ON THE Birds of California. By 

 Charles A. Keeler. D. P. Elder and 

 Morgan Shepard, San Francisco, 1899. 

 i2mo, pp. vii — 353. 



Bird-students in California are to be 

 congratulated on the appearance of this 

 volume, which fills the long felt want of 

 a popular handbook of the birds of the 

 state. Mr. Heeler's technical knowledge 

 of ornithology, his sympathy with birds 

 in nature, and his gift of description 

 have especially fitted him to produce a 

 successful book of this kind, and an ex- 

 amination of ils pages shows that he has 

 done justice to his powers. 



The first 233 pages are devoted to 

 sketches of birds in their haunts, under 

 such titles as, 'A Trip to the Faral- 

 lones,' 'A Glimpse of the Birds of Berke- 



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