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and record the language of any bird," and 

 then proceeds to understand it and record 

 it by musical notation — how well, each 

 reader may judge for himself, and find 

 out, at the same time, what "vestigial 

 coos" are, and how they look in type! 

 Mr. Craig also embalms in musical scores 

 the notes of the Mourning Dove. 



'Notes on Pelican Island,' by George 

 Nelson, fill the early pages, and tell the 

 latest news of this mecca of the bird- 

 lovers. A pest of mosquitos caused the 

 desertion of about 600 nests, in 191 1, the 

 young dying in consequence. Some good 

 half-tones accompany the article. Mr. 

 A. B. Howell furnishes 'A Comparative 

 Study at Cobb's Island, Va.,' while 

 Messrs. W. S. Brooks and S. Cobb deal 

 with 88 species of birds in 'Notes from 



Eastern Alberta,' and Mr. .\. D. DuBois 

 has 'A Note on the Nesting of the Whip- 

 poor-will.' Mr. A. H. Thayer comes to 

 the defense of his theory of 'Concealing 

 Coloration,' and Dr. J. A. Allen also enters 

 the arena under the title, 'Roosevelt's 

 Revealing and Concealing Coloration in 

 Birds and Mammals'. 



Mr. G. Eifrig reviews briefly 'Bird 

 Protection in Foreign Lands,' and it is 

 surprising to learn that "In May 1910 

 the 'First German Convention for Bird 

 Protection' was held," etc. At all events, 

 we know that German birds have long 

 enjoyed protective privileges, to say the 

 least. The reviews are a feature of this 

 issue (as indeed of all other issues, for 

 many years past) that the real ornithol- 

 ogist cannot afford to overlook. — J. D., Jr. 



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