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one of the most remarkable is tliat of a Giaut Humming- 

 bird {Patagona giyas) capturing on the wing a common 

 small species (^Eustephanus galeritus), a sight which he 

 witnessed in the foot-hills of the Andes, near Santiago. 

 Other articles by the Editor deal with a visit to Selborne, 

 in England, and with the life of the late William Brewster, 

 with whom he was connected by a special tie of affection. 



One of the great features of ' Bird-Lore ' is the Christmas 

 Bird census. All readers of the Magazine are invited to 

 send to the editor a list of all the species of birds they 

 have been able to identify during a walk or excursion on or 

 about Christmas day. Many returns are sent in from all 

 parts of the United States. In 1919-20 the greatest 

 number of species observed in the northern and eastern 

 Atlantic States were 43, while at Santa Barbara^ on the 

 Californian coast, as many as 109 were tabulated. The 

 present writer, who was in America during Christmas 1919, 

 with the help of some kind and sharp-eyed hosts, was able 

 to make a return of ,21 species observed on the coast of 

 Long Island. 



Other interesting features of ' Bird-Lore^ are the seasonal 

 reports from all parts of the States in each number, and the 

 articles on the plumages and migrations of American birds. 

 These last are accompanied . by coloured plates in each 

 number. It is a remarkable fact that the European Star- 

 ling, which is dealt with on p. 213 of volume xxii., was 

 introduced into the United States about 1890, when a 

 number were liberated in New York City, and it has now 

 spread far and wide from Maine to Ohio and Alabama; 

 in some places it has become enormously abundant. We 

 fear it may prove to be as great a nuisance as the Sparrow. 



A large part of each number of the Magazine is devoted 

 to the interests of the Audubon Societies, which have been 

 started in every State of the Union for the protection and 

 conservation of bird and animal life, and which are guided 

 and controlled by the National Association of the Audubon 

 Societies in New York. 



