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one of them coming in my direction 

 but took no further notice of him until 

 he suddenly fired a shot and looking 

 up saw these two ducks directly over 

 me. As they passed I could see the 

 male bird very plainly with the female 

 on the side. The green head with its 

 white markings on the first bird, and 

 its nice round body with its short 

 wings, quickly beating the air, could 

 all be distinctly seen in that second 

 before they had disappeared behind 

 the trees. 



It happened that I had chased the 

 birds up before he could get within 

 range for a good shot and had to fire 

 quickly as they took to flight. When 

 I told him they were ducks he couldn't 

 believe it. He had never seen ducks 

 "sit on trees." 



Milton J. Hofmann. 



publication. They are a valuable addi- 

 tion to the literature pertaining to the 

 subjects covered. 



Books Received. 



THE WINTER BIRD LIFE OF 

 MINNESOTA by Thos. S. Roberts, 

 (Geological and Natural History Sur- 

 vey of Minnesota, Occasional Papers 

 No. 1.) 



The above is a very desirable local 

 list of the winter birds of Minnesota, 

 comprising 86 species, divided into 

 four separate lists, as permanent resi- 

 dents, winter visitant, half hardy and 

 accidental; illustrated by many half 

 tones and a splendid colored plate of 

 the Evening Grosbeak, male and fe- 

 male. 



UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 

 PUBLICATIONS OF ZOOLOGY, Vol. 

 XII, No. 13 (Report upon Minerals and 

 Birds found in portions of Trinity, Sis- 

 kiyou and Shasta Counties, California, 

 by Louise Kellogg), and No. 14 (An 

 Analysis of the Vertabrate Fauna of 

 the Trinity Region of Northern Cali- 

 fornia, by Julius Grinnell). 



Both of these papers are thorough 

 and scientific and a goodly number of 

 high class half tones accompany the 



Cocoanut Grove. 

 Dade County, Fla. 



Birds are plentiful here this season 

 and my notes for recent trips give a 

 number of individual of following spe- 

 cies: 



Kingfisher, Phoebe, Red-bellied 

 Woodpecker, Flicker, Blue Jay, Florida 

 Jay, Bob-o-link, Meadow lark, Boat- 

 tailed Grackle, Pine Woods Sparrow, 

 Towhee, Cardinal, Painted Bunting, 

 Tree Swallow, Loggerhead Shrike, 

 Pine Warbler, Mockingbird, Catbird, 

 Florida Wren, Blue Gray, Gnatcatch- 

 er, Robin, Bluebird, Buzzard, Osprey, 

 Killdeer, Ground Dove, Sparrow Hawk 

 and Red-Shouldered Hawk. 



Hope to go bn a trip among the keys 

 in a few weeks and if I have any notes 

 worth while will write them up and 

 send to you. Miller T. Mercer. 



Ignorance. 



The following comes from Trout 

 ville, Virginia, and is illustrative of 

 the great lack of ornithological knowl- 

 edge on the part of the general public, 

 and we are not real sure but that the 

 bird mentioned here is not an imma- 

 ture Bald Eagle as the Golden Eagle 

 is very seldom found in that territory: 

 Nov. 27, 1915. 



Two weeks ago, Harry Caldwell, son 

 of our tenant, captured a Golden 

 Eagle. He is a poor boy, and has been 

 too ill to work all summer. He tried 

 all of the physicians around here with- 

 out improving his health. Finally a 

 Roanoke (Va.) doctor told him to go 

 to Johns Hopkins at Baltimore, for 

 treatment, but he had no money. 



Mr. Shaver had an article put in 

 the Roanoke paper telling about the 

 eagle, and said that Harry hoped to 

 make something from the bird to help 

 pay his hospital bill. The next day an 

 answer came suggesting that Harry 

 put the bird on exhibit in Roanoke and 

 charge ten cents admission, He did 



