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up, but they say they have never been 

 reported here, although one bird book 

 says they were in the East in 1889-90. 

 They are in color, males, brownish- 

 yellow, with wings, tail and crown 

 black. The upper parts of the wings 

 are white. The females are dingy 

 brownish-grey, with a yellowish tinge; 

 the belly and throat are whitish; the 

 tail feathers on inner web are tipped 

 with white. The call notes are rather 

 loud, and the scng is short, but melo- 

 dious, like that of the Robin. I have 

 seen a few floclvs of Snowbirds or 

 Snowflakes. 



The Tree Sparrows were quite thick, 

 they resemble our Chipping Sparrows, 

 but you can tell the difference, by the 

 black dot in the center of the Tree 

 Sparrow's breast. 



George H. Murphy. 

 Vermont. 



Books Received. 



Fifty Common Birds of Farm and 

 Orchard, Farmers' Bulletin No. 513, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



This little pamphlet of 31 pages 

 gives a description as well as colored 

 plates of fifty cf the commoner birds 

 found in the vicinity of the improve- 

 ments on farms, and is a credit to the 

 department. More publications of 

 this kind would be beneficial. It is 

 especially to be commended because of 

 the colored plates illustrating the dif- 

 ferent species from which the ordin- 

 ary layman can immediately recognize 

 the bird seen, provided of course, it 

 is therein illustrated. 



The Canadian Alpine Journal, Spe- 

 cial number, 1912. 



This splendid little publication of 

 97 pages contains lists of the mam- 

 mals and birds collected or observed 

 on the expedition taken by the Alpine 

 Club of Canada to explore Jasper 

 Pai^k, Yeillowstone Pass, and the 



Mount Robinson region in the North- 

 ern Rockies, a territory seldom visited 

 by scientists. These lists are by M. 

 Hollister. 



It also contains a list of the plants 

 observed by Paul G. Stanley. All of 

 these lists are published by permis- 

 sion of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The list of birds contains only the 

 surprisingly limited number of 78, 

 showing that birds in that territory 

 must be few and far between. 



The publication is certainly a credit 

 to the Alpine Club which has its head- 

 quarters at Banff, Alberta. These lists 

 will without doubt sometime rank as 

 authority upon the subject of which 

 they treat in the territory covered. 



Cassinia for 1912, contains the fol- 

 lowing articles: 



George Archibald McCall by Whit- 

 mer Stone. 



Bird Migration in Pennsylvania a 

 Hundred Years Ago, by Wells W. Cook. 



Roosting Habits of the Purple 

 Crackle in the Delaware Valley, by 

 Julian K. Potter. 



Pigeons by the Million, from N. Y. 

 Times, 1SS6. 



In Days before The Club, by Spen- 

 cer Trotter. 



List of Unusual Records. 



Spring Migration Report for 1912. 



BALD EAGLE. 



As I have said before, all was never 

 told about this well known bird's nest- 

 ing habits. In heavy timbered sec- 

 tions where nesting trees are plenti- 

 ful, this bird will desert the nest and 

 build a new one the following year a 

 mile or so away in another tree, or 

 likely so far away that you will be un- 

 able to find it. In the year 1912 two 

 nests that were occupied and contain- 

 ed eggs were absolutely deserted this 

 spring of 1913. 



Another nest that contained a set 



