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'I HE 00 LOG 1ST. 



and screwing onto a faucet over a sink 

 in my basement I had a good strong 

 water blower, which could be made 

 strong or easy as desired, by simply 

 turning on or turning off the water 

 as desired, and I found it a great help 

 in blowing these large size eggs. 

 Respt. yours, 



H. F. DUPREY, 

 Santa Rosa, Cal. 



IN REVIEW. 



"Prehistoric Relics," by Prof. W. K. 

 Moorhead. As stated in the preface, 

 this is intended simply for a handbook 

 for collectors and beginners in Arch- 

 eaology and in nowise attempts to 

 -cover an extensive or technical field 

 for professionals or museum work. 



The descriptive text and plates oc- 

 cupy 153 pages and as there are 146 of 

 the plates alone, many of which are 

 full page, (one figures 70 types), the 

 text is necessarily much abridged. 

 There are sixteen chapters treating 

 of different forms of relics, according 

 to their uses as far as possible. Some. 

 like that on Bicaves, etc., are quite 

 exhaustive, while others, as the one 

 on Shell and Bone Implements, are 

 abridged to a regrettable extent, 

 though necessary, of course, owing to 

 the limits of the work. 



For the illustrations, we have only 

 words of praise. Printed from fine 

 cuts, many loaned by public institu- 

 tions for the purpose, on good paper, 

 they are on a scale large enough to 

 be of great practical value to anyone 

 forming a collection. 



The chapter on unclassified forms 

 does small justice to this subject of 

 predominant interest in Archeaology. 

 I suppose want of space forbid. The 

 writer remembers a find of W. N. Y. 

 Hoes, Spades, and Spatulas of uncer- 

 tain classification that would fall un- 

 der no types mentioned. 



The pamphlet which the Andover 

 Press sends out with the work gratis, 

 entitled "The Field Diary of an Arch- 



aelogical Collector," by Prof. Moore- 

 head, is the biggest surprise. Issued 

 in 1902, some of our readers may havt 

 seen it. The Editor had not, so open- 

 ed a copy and essayed to gather an 

 idea of its contents. Result — He read 

 every word in the 71 pages (7x11) 

 and met a succession of surprises in 

 the amount of valuable information 

 contained in the record of explora- 

 tions and experiences among the an- 

 cient mound builders of the Ohio Val- 

 ley, the Indians of the Pine Ridge, and 

 the Cliff Dweller ruins of the South- 

 west. 



Altogether, it is interesting, instruc 

 tive and well worth a large part of the 

 dollar asked for the two books. 



ERNEST H. SHORT. 



"Bird Guide," by C. A. Reed. Part 

 2. "Land Birds East of the Rockies" 

 is at hand. The work is not intended 

 for an Ornithological text book, but 

 as a handy pocket guide for bird lov- 

 ers and students who have not time 

 or the inclination to go into Ornithol- 

 ogy technically. Looking back into 

 my childhood, I can remember when 

 this little volume would have been 

 worth many times the 50 cents asked 

 for it. 



Of course, all the colors do not ap- 

 pear on many, neither is the shade 

 of color right in many instances. We 

 could hardly expect that in a work 

 at this price. 



The text is big value for the money. 

 Not only a short description of the 

 bird accompanies the cut, but also 

 something of its habits, song, call, 

 notes, nest and eggs, range and sub- 

 species. 



As is usually the case, a critic, who 

 has closely studied bird songs will 

 find much to take exception to in 

 the description of many songs and 

 calls. They are difficult to describe 

 and vary much. 



The nesting sites giving are in most 

 cases too abbreviated to be of much 

 value and in some cases positively 

 misleading as with Hooded and Wil- 

 son's Warblers, for example. 



Editor. 



Publications Received. 

 Am. Ornithology, Vol. V, No. 12; 

 The Trader, Vol. I, No. 6-7; Photo- 

 graphic Times, XXXVII, No. 12; Na- 

 ture Study, XIV, No. 12; "West," Vol. 

 XXXI, No. 2. 



