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THE OSPREY. 



Ifieccnt literature, 



A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology 

 of Eastern North America. By Tlwuias 

 Nuttall. Second revised and annotated edi- 

 tion by Montag-ue Chamberlain. With addi- 

 tions and one hundred and ten illustrations in 

 colors. Vol. 1., Land Birds; Vol. 2., Game and 

 Water Birds. Boston; Little, Brown and 

 Company, 1896. 2 vols. Crown 8mo., pp. 904. 

 Cloth, $7.50; half morocco, 113.50. 



The second edition of Nuttall's Handbook; 

 though not now, as was the first edition of over 

 60 years ag-o, the only commendable work on 

 birds suited to the average reader; is expected 

 to take a prominent place among our latter- 

 day popular publications. This old favorite in 

 its new form includes all of Nuttall's delight- 

 ful discriptions.to which have been added by Mr. 

 Chamberlain's proficient pen, notes giving the 

 changed and corrected information of the pres- 

 ent day, including the new species and sub- 

 species not known or recognized in Nuttall's 

 time. 



The two volumes are of a size suited to the 

 use of a student's field handbook, but it would 

 seem of additional convenience had each vol- 

 ume a seperate index. 



The twenty delicately colored plates, contain- 

 ing one hundred and ten species, are of great 

 value in a popular handbook The numerous 

 woodcuts and pen drawings are, as is so often 

 true of bird-portraiture in popular works, of 

 varying merit; though the greater number are 

 good. 



Papers Presented to the Horld's Congress on 

 Ornithology, edited by Mrs. E. Irene Rood, 

 Chairman Woman's Committee of the Con- 

 gress, under the direction of Dr. Elliott Coues, 

 President of the Congress, ex-President of the 

 American Ornithologists' Union. Chicago, 

 Charles H. Sergei Company, 1896. pp. 208. Half 

 leather, $5.00 net. 



This book is a report and memento of the 

 Division of Ornithology in the World's Con- 

 gress Auxiliary of the World's Columbian 

 Exposition, held in Hall No 23 of the Memorial 

 Art Palace at 2 p. m. of Wednesday, Thursday, 

 Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18-21, 1893. The 

 opening address was" made by the late Rev. 

 Dr. David Swing 



In the book as published; following the an- 

 nouncement of the committee in charge, list of 

 advisory council, and "Publishers' Note;" is 

 given the masterly Presidential Address by Dr. 

 Elliott Coues. followed by the papers selected 

 by the committee for publication. The work is 

 a valuable addition to an ornithologist's library. 



The book is neatly printed on deckel-edge 

 paper; and is sold onl3' by subscription, the 

 edition being limited to 600 copies. 



Note and Comment. 



Mr. Walter E. Bryant has left Oakland to 

 reside in Santa Rosa, Cal. 



John W. Maillard, of San Francisco, has 

 returned from a business trip in the East. 



An albino "partridge" (Bob-white) is the 

 latest sensation among the sportsmen of Hart- 

 ford, Conn. 



The first annual meeting of the United Orni- 

 thologists of Maine, was held at Gardiner, 

 Dec. '28ht and 29th. 



TJie Nidologist has not yet appeared for 

 November. Wood Pewee's eggs hatching good. 

 Brother Taylor? 



Dr. A. C. Murchison sends the editor of 

 The Ospkey a specimen of the Golden Eagle, 

 shot near Kewanee, 111. 



Invitations to outside ornithologists and 

 Oologists will be in order at the January meet- 

 ing of the Cooper Club. 



An invitation was received to attend a meet- 

 ing and banquet of the Southern Division of 

 the Cooper Ornithological Club, held at High- 

 land Park, Cal., Dec 28th. 



Dr. Nansen, the arctic explorer, carried on his 

 late expedition a number of carrier pigeons; 

 one of these, we are told, returned to Mrs. 

 Nansen from the arctic regions, covering a 

 thousand miles of ice and another thousand of 

 ocean, bringing good news from the expedi- 

 tion. 



Mr. Mark Mason, of the Chicago Board of 

 Trade, called at our office Jan. 2d. 



Due honor is given Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright 

 in The Critie of Nov. 21st, where her pleasing 

 portrait appears with an article of good length. 

 We republish a portion of the article as ap- 

 peared in The Critic : 



"Mrs. Wright is the daughter of the late Rev. 

 Dr. Samuel Osgoed, and the wife of Mr. J. O. 

 Wright, the well-known dealer in rare books. 

 So, through her father, whose close companion 

 she was as a child, and through her husband's 

 and her own tastes, she has always lived in an 

 atmosphere of books. While 3'et a school girl 

 she wrote verses that were printed in the New 

 York Evening Post, but she did not take up 

 writing seriously until after her marriage, nor 

 until she had be twice abroad. Then, in 1893, 

 she wrote a series of rural sketches for The 

 Evening Post, the first of which was called 

 "Spring-time in New England." Others fol- 

 lowed in the New York Times, and the sugges- 

 tion of discerning friends these sketches were 

 gathered together and published in book form 

 by the Macmillan Co., under the title of "The 

 Friendship of Nature." The press and public 

 of America and England received the book 

 with flattering expressions, and they were quite 

 right in their judgment, for it is a charming 

 performance Two years later "Birdcraft" 

 appeared. This book was written from the 

 author's own observations and experiences at 

 her home. "Waldstein," Fairfield, Conn. There 

 the birds are fed and protected and treated as 

 valued friends." 



