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treated. It is to be hoped that the 

 laws with reference to the protection 

 of game will be rigidly and impartial- 

 ly enforced and this summary of the 

 laws on these subjects is issued for 

 the purpose of enlightening all those 

 who desire to know what the law is. 



North American Fauna, No. 35 — Life 

 Zones and Crop Zones of New Mexico, 

 by Vernon Bailey. 



This Fauna contains 100 pages, is 

 well illustrated, and has an addenda 

 of bibliography relating to the sub- 

 jects of the bulletin. Much valuable 

 and desirable information is included 

 within its pages, including lists of 

 birds, mammals, reptiles, plants and 

 the like which are to be found within 

 the territory covered. 



The Defenseless Child, by Josie 

 Dayton Curtis. Brethren Publishing 

 House, Elgin, 111. 1912. 



This small book is an appeal for 

 the helpless and homeless little ones, 

 and touches the tender chords of any 

 and all who peruse its pages, setting 

 forth as it does, the work of caring 

 for the homeless children in attractive 

 well chosen sentences. 



Catalogue of a Collection of Books 

 on Ornithology in the Library of 

 John E. Thayer. Compiled by Evelyn 

 Thayer and Virginia Keyes, privately 

 printed, Boston, 1913. 



This is a well arranged, beautifully 

 bound and splendidly printed cata- 

 logue of the wonderful collection of 

 books relating to the subject of birds 

 that have been gathered together by 

 Honorable John E. Thayer, than whom 

 no better known ornithologist and 

 collector exists on the North Ameri- 

 can continent. 



The catalogue is arranged alphabet- 

 ically under the names of the authors, 

 contains 187 pages, and within its cov- 

 ers will be found nearly all of the 

 works relating to North American or- 

 nithology, as well as many very rare 



titles. It is especially rich in Audu- 

 bonia, is a monument to Mr. Thayer 

 and a credit to the compilers, as well 

 as a pleasure to those who are favored 

 with a copy. 



The Birds of Virginia, by Harold 

 H. Bailey. J. P. Bell Company, pub- 

 lishers, Lynchburg, Va., 1913; with 14 

 full page colored plates, one map antt 

 108 half-tones taken from nature. 



This monumental work, treating of 

 185 species and sub-species of birds 

 that are known to breed within the 

 state of Virginia, is the result of years 

 and years of laborious field work and 

 close library study. It is dedicated to 

 the father of the author, and without 

 doubt, will remain for many years the 

 standard work upon the subject of the 

 breeding birds of Virginia. 



It is especially rich in half tones: 

 and a perusal of its pages will delight 

 the lover of birds as well as store 

 his mind with much that we have no 

 doubt is new. This at least was the 

 result of our investigation. 



The arrangement of the species is 

 that of the A. O. U. list, giving the 

 A. O. U. number, the scientific name 

 and the common name of each variety 

 in that order, following this with the 

 description of the range and then a 

 popularly written description of the 

 breeding habits of the species. 



Interpolated throughout the work 

 are numerous species treated under 

 the head of "Hypothetical," and under 

 these headings are placed all of those 

 species which are not absolutely and 

 authentically known to breed within 

 the state. The volume contains 362 

 pages, is nicely bound and will be a 

 valued addition to the library of any 

 scientific ornithologist or amateur 

 bird lover. 



