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the Genera Spatula and Querquedula,' 

 Swarth describes an interesting hybrid 

 between a Shoveler and a Cinnamon Teal, 

 obtained by A. E. Jackson, Dec. 13, 1Q14, 

 near Del Rey, Los Angeles Co., Calif. 

 This Duck is a male in immature mottled 

 plumage, and is probably a bird of the 

 previous spring. Among the short notes 

 is an important correction by Bent of a 

 Common Loon erroneously reported from 

 Colorado, a number of years ago, as a 

 Yellow-billed Loon, and a record by Law of 

 a remarkable flight of Sparrow Hawks, 

 observed Sept. 13, 1914, near Albu- 

 querque, N. M. 



The number closes with the annual 

 'Directory of the Cooper Ornithological 

 Club,' giving the addresses of 6 honorary, 

 4 life, and 535 active members — a consider- 

 able increase in the number of members 

 enrolled in any previous year. — T. S. P. 



The Wilson Bulletin. — The Wilson 

 BuUetion for March, 1915 (Vol. XXVII, 

 No.i), is distinguished by the amount of 

 readable- matter it contains. Miss Sher- 

 man's 'Birds by the Wayside in Europe, 

 Asia, and Africa,' is distinctly deserving 

 of this description, and W. F. Henninger 

 gives a pleasing account of the 'June Birds 

 of Laramie, Wyoming.' Frank L. Burns 

 contributes an important paper on 'Com- 

 parative Periods of Deposition and Incu- 

 bation of some North American Birds,' 

 which, if it cannot be classed as readable, 

 in a purely literary sense, is nevertheless 

 interesting and exceptionally useful. A 

 list is given showing the incubation period 

 of some 220 species, and this paper of 

 eleven pages contains more information 

 on the subject of which it treats than any 

 publication with which we are familiar. 



The number concludes with the usual 

 'Field Notes,' including an important one 

 by Mr. Burns on the status of the Starling 

 in southeastern Pennsylvania. 



The June number of the 'Bulletin' opens 

 with an illustrated study of the Red- 

 winged Blackbird by Ira N. Gabrielson. 

 L. McI. Terrill sends notes on the Yellow- 

 bellied Flycatcher, Golden-crowned King- 

 let, and Blackburnjan Warbler from the 



Laurentian Hills, and Louis S. Kohler, 

 having discovered the evils of premature 

 publication, makes "numerous correc- 

 tions" and additions to his 'Preliminary List 

 of the Birds of Esse.x County, New Jersey.' 



Harriet Kinsley and Aretas A. Saunders 

 give intimate studies of the Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch and White-eyed Vireo, respec- 

 tively, and Dr. S. S. Visher sends an anno- 

 tated 'List of the Birds of Clay County, 

 southeastern South Dakota'; in which the 

 reviewer finds no quotable summary of the 

 species included. 



The program of the Second Annual 

 Meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Club 

 held in Chicago (date not given), contains 

 a good list of papers. The meeting was 

 attended by twenty-three members, and 

 was a "decided success." 



'Correspondence' and 'Field Notes' close 

 the issue. 



The Oriole. — The first number of the 

 third volume of this well-edited organ of 

 the Somerset Hills Bird Club announces a 

 plan for 'A Decoration Day Bird Census,' 

 the results of which we shall doubtless see 

 in a later issue. Louis S. Kohler writes on 

 the 'Home Life of the Scarlet Tanager;' 

 Wm. T. Post, on 'Experiences with the 

 great Horned Owl in Somerset Hills;' 

 John Dryden Kuser, on the 'Winter 

 Avifauna of Aiken, South Carolina,' and 

 Celestine Eustis on morning song and bird 

 visitors to her feeding station at the same 

 southern town. — F. M. C. 



Book News 



The April issue of the Nature-Study 

 Review (Ithaca, N. Y.) is a 'Special Bird 

 Number.' It contains matter of interest 

 both to students and teachers of birds. 



The Oologist for July 15 (Vol. XXXII, 

 No. 7) is accompanied by a 32-page sup- 

 plement entitled, 'A Bibliography of 

 Scarce or Out-of-Print North American 

 Amateur and Trade Periodicals Devoted 

 More or Less to Ornithology.' It is com- 

 piled by Frank L. Burns, who by training 

 and experience, is well qualified to handle 

 this dif5cult task satisfactorily. 



