562 lieceni/i/ published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



amalgamation witli the Avicultural Society, which was 

 advocated some little time previously. 



In addition to the usual photographs the two volumes 

 contain a number of very artistic drawings of birds from 

 life ])y Mrs. A. M. Cook. We should like to draw special 

 attention to those of the Hornbills and Toucans appearing 

 in the numbers for December 1919 and January 1920. 



Bulletin of the Essex County Ornithological Club. 



[Bulletin of the Essex Couuty Ornithological Club of Massachusetts 

 for 1919 and 1920.] 



Essex County lies to the north of Boston, and with its 

 ancient town of Salem is one of the oldest and earliest 

 settlements in the United States. The ornithological club, 

 which was formed in 1916 by the bird-lovers of Salem and 

 the surrounding districts, now finds itself sufficiently firmly 

 established to warrant the publication of an annunl report 

 or bulletin, and we have been favoured with co|)ies of the 

 first two numbers. The editor is Mr. A. P. Stubbs, and 

 he has collected together a number of short papers and 

 articles dealing with local avifauna of the district by 

 Dr. Townsend, Mr. E. H. Forbush, Mr. C. J. Maynard, and 

 other observers. One of the chief features of the club is an 

 annual excursion in May along the Ipswich river. This has 

 taken place regularly for thirteen years, and on these occa- 

 sions altogether 136 species of birds have been identified ; 

 of these an annotated list occupies some twenty pages of 

 the 1919 Report, and shows the care with which work 

 of this kind is carried out in the United States. 



Journal fur Ornithologie. 



[Journal fiir Ornithologie. 68 Jahrgang for 1020; 4 parts and a 

 supplement.] 



The longer articles in the last volume of the ' Journal 

 fiir Ornithologie ^ deal with observations made during the 

 war. Messrs. Bacmeister and Kieinschmidt conclude a long 

 paper on the birds of north-eastern France, begun in the 



