140 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



lection of eggs for food which has been practised at various 

 points on the American coasts, and of the destruction of 

 certain species of birds to supply the hateful millinery 

 traffic, and gives us many particulars on these well-known 

 subjects. Lastly, he writes of the guano-trade, which, like 

 "eggs" and ^'feathers," has been much overworked of late 

 years. A map illustrates the distribution of the 5i islands 

 in the Pacific which have been taken possession of by the 

 citizens of tlie United States for the purpose of removing 

 the guano ; but most of them are now nearly or quite 

 exhausted. 



Finally the measures, some wise and some unwise, that 

 have been taken in various States for the destruction and 

 preservation of birds are epitomized; and an account is given 

 of the attempt to contaminate the Neotropical avifauna by 

 the introduction of foreign species. Except in the notorious 

 case of the " English Sparrow," and perhaps in that of the 

 Pheasant, the majority of these, we are pleased to say, are 

 pronounced to have been unsuccessful. 



22. Palmer on the Bird-Laws of the United States. 



[Legislation for the Protection of Birds, other than Game-Rirds. By 

 T. S. Palmer. Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 12, 1900.] 



The chief object of this report is to afford information 

 respecting the regulations for the pi'otection of birds (other 

 than game-birds) that have been made in various parts 

 of the American Union. Abstracts of these laws, which 

 have been passed in nearly every State except Alaska, are 

 given under the heads of the names of these States arranged 

 alphabetically. But this is prefaced by a general discussion 

 on protective legislation for birds, which is fully considered 

 in its various aspects. It is certain that, in spite of what has 

 been done, "bird-destruction is going on rai)idly in the 

 United States," and that it would be very desirable to effect 

 a greater degree of uniformity in the laws on this subject in 

 the fifty different commonwealths than that which at present 

 exitsts. 



