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For June, Lynd Jones contributes an 

 extended paper on 'The Birds of Cedar 

 Point, Ohio,' while an illustrated paper by 

 the same author, in conjunction with W. 

 F. Henningcr, treats of the Falcons of 

 North America. Dr. R. W. Shufeldt con- 

 tributes 'Some Washington Bird Notes;' 

 W. F. Henninger, 'Spring Migration in 

 Middle Western Ohio,' and W. E. Saund- 

 ers, 'Notes on the Rough-legged Hawk.' 

 'The Bulletin' also has in each number 

 many valuable notes, chiefly relating to 

 Ohio and Michigan. — W. S. 



Journal of the Maine Ornithologi- 

 cal Society. — The June, 1908, numVjer 

 of this magazine contains a state map, 

 reproduced from Knight's ' Birds of 

 Maine,' with an explanatory paper on the 

 faunal areas. W. H. Brownson contributes 

 a detailed daily diary of the migration at 

 Cape Elizabeth, Me., for May 13-27, 

 which will prove interesting to observers 

 elsewhere who wish to make comparisons. 

 P. B. Rolfe writes of ' Fishhawks Forty 

 Years Ago.' There is also an obituary 

 of Prof. Leslie A. Lee, late president of 

 the society. 



For September, O. W. Knight writes 

 on Sambo, a pet Long-eared Owl, and 

 Sara C. Eastman contributes an account 

 of a pet Blue Jay. Howard H. Cleaves 

 has a tribute to the Spotted Sandpiper, as 

 observed at Staten Island, N. Y., — 

 rather out of the range of the Maine 

 Society, — and W. H. Brownson writes 

 entertainingly of 'A Visit to Grand 

 Manan.' 



In the December number, Francis H. 

 Allen has an interesting ' Ornithological 

 Reconnoissance' of Monhegan Island; 

 Dr. Wm. C. Kendall describes a ' I'amily 

 of Loons' at Sebago Lake; and Mrs. E. 

 H. Marks contributes a photograph of 

 three Robins' nests built close together, 

 on three successive years. 



The March, 1909, number contains 

 the proceedings of the thirteenth annual 

 meeting of the society; also, 'The Carolina 

 Wren in Maine,' })y Mrs. E. E. Brewer, 

 and numerous Christmas bird censuses. 



In the June, 1909, issue, W. H. Rich 



writes on the Hungarian Partridge and 

 its introiku tion into Maine, Dr. W. C. 

 Kendall contributes some 'Notes on Birds 

 at Sea,' collected while serving on the 

 Fish Commission schooner, 'Grampus,' 

 in the north Atlantic. Mrs. D. F. Went- 

 worth has an artiric on a 'Pet Cedar 

 Waxwing,' and O. W. Knight describes 

 the occurrence of Bohemian Waxwings in 

 Maine during March, 1909. The usual 

 numerous local notes and migration records 

 form an important feature of all the issues, 

 and attest to the continued activity of the 

 Society.— W. S. 



Book News 



The first Annual Report of E. H. For- 

 bush, State Ornithologist of Massachu- 

 setts, is issued as a six-page reprint from 

 the Fifty-sixth Annual Report of the 

 Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 

 and is an admirable exposition of the ways 

 and means by which a professional orni- 

 thologist may be of value to the State. 



We learn from the July 'Ibis' that at 

 the annual meeting of the British Ornith- 

 ologists' Union the following resolution 

 was passed : " If, in the opinion of the 

 Committee, any Member . . . of the Union, 

 shall have personally assisted in or con- 

 nived at the capture or destruction of any 

 bird, nest, or eggs in the British Isles, by 

 purchase or otherwise, likely, in the opinion 

 of the Committee, to lead to the extermi- 

 nation or serious diminution of that species 

 as a British bird, the Secretary shall be 

 directed to send a registered letter to that 

 Member, stating the facts brought before 

 the Committee and asking for an explana- 

 tion of the same, but without mentioning 

 the source from which such information 

 was obtained. After allowing a reasonable 

 time (not less than a clear fortnight after 

 the receipt of the Secretary's letter) for 

 reply or for appearing in person before the 

 Committe if he so desire, the Committee, 

 providing not less than four are agreed, 

 shall have power to remove that gentle- 

 man's name from the List of Members 

 without assigning any reason." 



