Book News and Reviews 



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G. Eifrig tells of 'A Vacation in Quebec' 

 and Allen Cleghorn of 'The Winter Birds 

 of Algonquin Park, Ontario,' from which 

 he has recorded 35 species at that season. 



Number 85 of the Bulletin (Dec, 1913) 

 opens with one of Miss Althea R. Sher- 

 man's careful, exhaustive studies of the 

 life of the nest entitled 'Experiments in 

 Feeding Hummingbirds During Seven 

 Summers' and another addition to the 

 now growing number of intensive studies 

 of the home-life of birds is furnished by 

 Ira N. Gabrielson, under the title 'Nest 

 Life of the Catbird.' 



In 'Bird Notes from the Southwest,' 

 J. L. Sloanaker records with enthusiasm 

 and hence readable observations made 

 near Tucson, Arizona; T. C. Stephens 

 gives the data of 'An Unusual Flight of 

 Warblers in the Missouri Valley,' and the 

 number is closed with editorials, notes, 

 and reviews. No field student should be 

 without the Wilson Bulletin. — F. M. C. 



Book News 



'The Audubon Calendar' of the 

 Massachusetts Audubon Society for 19 14 

 resembles in style those of preceding 

 years. It contains life-size colored figures 

 of the Wood Pewee, Tree Swallow, Cres- 

 ted Flycatcher, Orchard Oriole, Golden- 

 winged Warbler, and Chipping Sparrow. 

 The accompanying text is from Hoffman's 

 excellent 'Guide to the Birds of New 

 England and Eastern New York.' 



A 'Bird Almanac,' published bj' 

 the Audubon Society of Buffalo met with 

 such a well-deserved reception that the 

 edition was quickly disposed of. With a 

 calendar it combines quotations in verse 

 and prose, and a large number of attrac- 

 tive and seasonably suitable photographs 

 of birds from nature. The success of the 

 Buffalo Society in this venture should 

 stimulate other local or state bird clubs to 

 prepare almanacs or calendars adapted to 

 the bird-life of their region. 



The first number of the second volume 

 (January, 1914) of 'The American Bird- 



House Journal,' published by the Jacobs 

 Bird-House Co., at Waynesburg, Pa., con- 

 tains reports of experiences in establish- 

 ing Martin colonies, and much other news 

 of interest to those who would have bird 

 tenants. 



Mr. Edward F. Bigelow, who for 

 fourteen years has so successfully edited 

 the department of 'Nature and Science' 

 in St. Nicholas, has resigned from the 

 staff of that magazine, and hereafter will 

 devote himself more exclusively to 'The 

 Guide to Nature,' which he proposes 

 greatly to improve and to enlarge. Mr. 

 E. J. Sawyer, the well-known bird artist, 

 will take charge of a new department 

 under the heading of 'Birds in the Bush,' 

 and Mr. Bigelow himself will conduct a 

 section to be known as 'The Fun of 

 Seeing Things.' 



Geo. Newnes Ltd., 8-1 1 Southamp- 

 ton Street, Strand, London, announces 

 as important additions to their 'Country 

 Life' library 'Our Common Sea-Birds,' 

 by Percy R. Lowe, and 'The Peregrine 

 Falcon at the Eyrie,' by Francis Heath- 

 erly. Both are fully illustrated with photo- 

 graphs from nature. 



The British Ornithologists' Bird Club 

 issues as its 190th Bulletin 'A Guide to Sel- 

 borne and Synopsis of the Life of Gilbert 

 White,' by W. H. Mullens. Wholly aside 

 from its distinction as the scene of Gilbert 

 White's intimate studies of nature, its own 

 attractions for the bird-lover may well 

 make it a Mecca for every American orni- 

 thologist visiting England, and we there- 

 fore cordiallj' recommend this Bulletin, 

 which can be purchased of Witherby & Co., 

 320 High Holborn, London, for two shil- 

 lings and sixpence. 



The Smithsonian Institution repub- 

 lishes in its report for 1912 (pp. 475-482) 

 Gain's 'The Penguins of the Antarctic 

 Regions.' As naturalist of the Charcot 

 Expedition, Dr. Gain had exceptional 

 opportunity for the study of these remark- 

 able birds. 



