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taken, that all the birds which had 

 been distributed on tlie main land had 

 died, that the extinction of tliis splen- 

 did bird can be prevented only through 

 The Martha's Vineyard Colony. It is 

 to be hoped that they will be amply 

 and thoroughly protected. — R. M B. 



Hunting Down Stock Killers, by W. 

 B. Bell, Assistant Biologist, in Eco- 

 nomic Investigations, Bureau of Biologi- 

 cal Survey. Separate P. P. 290-300 

 Year Book of the Department of Agri- 

 culture 1920. 



This interesting paper deals with the 

 destruction of Beans, Bob-cats, Lynxes, 

 Mountain Lion, Coyotes and Wolves, 

 gives a tabulated statement showing 

 the destruction of 128,513 animals and 

 contains much interesting information 

 on this subject. 



Conserving Our Wild Animals and 

 Birds, by Edward A. Goldman, Assist- 

 ant Biologist, in charge of Biological 

 Investigation, Bureau of Biological 

 Survey. Separate 160 P. P. 160-174 

 Year Book Department of Agriculture 

 1920. 



This paper is brimful of interest to 

 those desiring to save some remnant of 

 cur wild life and is well illustrated by 

 numerous half tones which discloses 

 the fact that approximately five 

 million people armed with modern 

 weapons such as repeating and auto- 

 matic shot guns and rifles, take the 

 field every year against the helpless 

 wild animals and birds. There is no 

 question what the ultimate result will 

 be unless there is an awakened and 

 militant public sentiment developed 

 and maintained in favor of protecting 

 these helpless and innocent beings 

 with which our land was populated by 

 Nature. 



cal Survey. Separate P. P. 254-270. 



This paper lives well up to the Mc- 

 Afee Standard, which is of course well 

 known and high It ought to be in the 

 hands of every farmer in the United 

 States, being as it is brimful of infor- 

 mation, which the farmer should have. 



LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH 

 AMERICAN GULLS AND TERNS, 

 U. S. National Museum, Bulletin 113, 

 by Arthur Cleveland Bent. All those 

 who have had the pleasure of examin- 

 ing Mr. Bent's Book on the Diving 

 Birds know well what to expect from 

 the above title and will in no way be 

 disappointed in examining and using 

 this production. 



It is typically Bent like in thorough- 

 ness, splendidly written, well illustrat- 

 ed numerous half tones, and fifteen 

 full page colored plates of the eggs of 

 the various Gulls and Terns. Its 345 

 pages are a well of information on the 

 subject of which it treats, for which 

 the entire bird Fraternity of students 

 are and will be for many years under 

 obligation to the author. Every page 

 discloses the careful pains taking at- 

 tention of the student and the amount 

 of information assembled is truly re- 

 markable. 



It is to be hoped that this contribu- 

 tion is to be followed by many others 

 of similar character. — R. M. B. 



Farm Help from the Birds by W. L. 

 McAfee, Assistant Biologist in Eco- 

 nomic Ornithology, Bureau of Biologi- 



"SQUARE EGGS" 



The Philadelphia Inquirer says that 

 the officers of The National Geograph- 

 ic Society are more or less mystified 

 over a book recently published. It con- 

 tains a description of an alleged yacht- 

 ing expedition in the South Seas, on one 

 pedition in the South Seas. On one 

 of the Islands of which the voyagers 

 are alleged to have discovered a bird 

 laying square eggs, and our corres- 

 pondent who sends us the clipping 

 adds the comment "This man has 

 Honecker beat." — R. M. B, 



