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Additions to the Library. 



By Chas. Bakkett, C.M.Z.S., Hon. Librarian'. 

 Books, &c. 

 " A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open," l)y Tlicodore Roosevelt. 

 John Murray, London. 

 Tlie late Theodore Roosevelt was not only a big game hunter 

 — he was a lover of wild nature ; and no man in public life has 

 done more for its preservation in the United States. On the 

 initiative of the Audubon Society, the National Government, 

 when ^Ir. Roosevelt was President, began the great work of 

 creating and policing bird refuges. Many sanctuaries were 

 established, and to-day North America leads the world in bird- 

 protection. This book reveals the author as an observer rather 

 than a hunter. The most interesting chapter to an ornithologist 

 is that describing bird reserves at the mouth of the Mississippi. 

 The reservation was set apart by presidential proclamation in 

 1905, when, of the five chief species (Royal Terns, Caspian Terns, 

 Cabot's Terns, Laughing Gulls, and Skimmers) there were about 

 1,000 nests. In 1915, when ]\Ir. Roosevelt visited the sanctuary, 

 the number of nests was about 35,000. Brown Pelicans and 

 Louisiana Herons also showed a marked increase ; while the Least 

 Tern, which had been exterminated or driven away, had rt'turned, 

 and was breeding in fair numbers. 



" Wild Animals of Glacier National Park " : The Mammals, by 

 Vernon Bailey : The Birds, by Florence Merriam Bailey. 

 U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 

 Washington. 

 A guide-book de Ijixe to one of the great reserves in the United 

 States. It is pleasantly written and well illustrated and printed. 

 The introductory chapter deals with physiography and life-zones, 

 and there is a large map. The Glacier National Park " lies in 

 North-Western Montana, along the main range of the Rocky 

 Mountains, from the Canadian boundary south to the Great 

 Northern Railway." The bird and mammal life of the Park are 

 so rich and varied, it is stated, that each is worthy of a ^•olume 

 by itself. The bird population includes Grebes, Ducks, Bitterns, 

 Rails, Coots, Plover, Grouse, Hawks, Owls, Crows, Ravens, Wood- 

 peckers, Warblers, and so forth. Many species, of course, are 

 only summer visitants, but there is a number of permanent 

 residents. 



" Birds of the Pliilippine Islands, .Maska, &c.," bv Ricliard (". 

 M'Gregor. 

 .\ number of i)aniplilcts (rci)nnls from jdurnals, (S;r.) : ])n'scnted 

 l)y the aullinr. 



"A Practical Handl)ook of British lUrds." edited l)y H. F. 

 Witherby. Parts 2 and j. Witlierl)\- and Co., London. 



