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THE OSPREY. 



Pigeon Holes. 



Nest and Eggs of the Alder Flycatcher. — 

 The plate of this object herewith jiresented is 

 made from a handsome photog-raph by Mr. O. 

 W. Knig-ht, of Baiig-or, ilaine. The illustration 

 speaks so well for itself that the lack of maii- 

 xiscript to accomi^anj' the picture is not pro- 



hibitive of its publication. As a rule, how- 

 ever, we hope our contributors will send text 

 with the photographs they are g-ood enough 

 to give us, and thus save us the appearance 

 of such a perfunctory note as this one. — El- 

 liott CoiJES. 



NEST AM) EGGS UF I H F. AI.llFK FLVCATGHER. 



In the Osprey's Claws. 



The Univfrstty of Nebraska, Department 

 of Entomolog.v, Ornithology, etc., issues Spe- 

 cial r.ulletin No. .3, no date, being a plea for 

 the protection of our birds, by Lawrence Uru- 

 ner, professor, \\ith the request, "I'lease read 

 it." We have read it. — E. C. 



Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological 

 Clvr.— Vol. I, No. 2, for March-April, 18119, 

 mailed March 15. Our esteemed contemporary 

 — say rather our esteemed predecessor, be- 

 cause The Osprey is never out on time — keeps 

 the g'ood pace set at the start, appearing 

 promptly, with an excellent and varied table 

 of contents, well up to the mark of active 

 practical and practicable ornithology. Among 

 leadins? articles are those upon the Rhinoceros 

 AukU-t, Audubon's Hermit Thrush (named 

 sequoiensis by Belding a few years ag'o). 

 Water Ouzel, California Condor and other Rap- 



tores; and including a biographical sketch 

 with portrait of W. Otto Emerson. The usual 

 notes are now gathered under the head of 

 ICchoes from the Field. Two birds are de- 

 scribed as new subspecies — Dendroeca coro- 

 nata hooveri and Melospiza fasciata ingersolli. 

 We have to thank Mr. Barlow for some pleas- 

 ant words, and reciprocate the compliment. 

 Perge modo. — E. C. 



Evolution of the Colors of North Ameri- 

 can Land Biros, by Charles A. Keeler. — Occa- 

 sional papers of the California Academy of 

 Sciences, III. San Francisco, January, 1893. 

 8vo, pp. xil, 361, pll. xix. 



The Osfrey is so full of matters of instant 

 interest that it can seldom pause in current 

 affairs to take up for review a book of past 

 years. But this mag-azine is ever on the alert 

 to see that justice is done where a wrong has 



