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The Ornithological Magazines. 



The Auk. — The Auk for July, 190S, contains, besides the 

 usual general notes, an obituary of Prof. Leslie A. Lee, and the 

 following articles: "Observations on the Golden Kagle in Montana," 

 by E. S. Cameron; "Notes on the Broad-winged Hawks of the West 

 Indies, with Descriptions of a New Form," by J. H. Riley; "Recent 

 Notes on Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania," by Richard C. Harlow; 

 "Birds of Delaware," by C. J. Pennock; "The Case of Strix versus 

 Aluco," l)y J. A. Allen: "Tregan/.a Blue Heron," by Edward J. 

 Court; "Lams knnilicni and other Northern Gulls in the Neighbor- 

 hood of Boston," by Francis H. Allen; "Colunibina versus Chaeme- 

 pelia," by J. A. Allen; "The Destruction of Whistling Swans {Olor 

 columbianus) at Niagara Falls," by James H. Fleming; "The Macaw 

 of Dominica," by Austin Hobart Clark. 



Thk Condok. — The Condor for NLiy-June, 1908, contains arti- 

 cles on the birds of Gaudaloui)e Island, off the coast of Lower Cali- 

 fornia, migration notes from Arizona, the Mexican Black Hawk, 

 notes on the walt/.ing instinct of Ostriches, notes from Santa Cruz 

 Island, and the usual interesting notes and editorials. 



BiKD-LoKK — lUrd-I.orc [ox May-June, 190S, and July-August, 

 1908, conliinies the pictures in color of the Flycatchers, contains 

 handsomely illustrated articles on the Barred Owl, Brown Thrasher, 

 American Bittern, Barn vSwallow, Blue Heron, Tree Swallow, and a 

 fine description of the Fish Hawks of Gardiner's Island, by Frank 

 M. Chapman, with a great number of notes of current interest and 

 news of the Audubon societies. 



The Wilson Bitli.etin. — The Wilson Bulletin for June, 1908, 

 contains the following articles: "June with the Birds of the Wash- 

 ington Coast," by Lynds Jones; "Alexander Wilson. II. The 

 Mystery of the Stnall-Headetl Flycatcher," by Frank L. Burns; 

 "the Birds of Point Pelec," by P. A. Taverner and B. H. Swales; 

 with field notes and editorials. In its enlarged form this magazine 

 shows great improvement, and its contents are of permanent value. 



The Guide to Nature.— The G^w/Vf /<> A rt/7/;r for June, July 

 and August contains articles on animal and bird life at Lake Webb, 

 Weld, Maine, La Jolla beach, California, "Nature in Decoration 

 and Pleasural)le Resource," all profusely and artistically illustrated, 

 with a large quantity of matter relating to general out-of-door life. 

 Every page is interesting, but to do entire justice to the various 

 departments the magazine should be much larger, and doubtless it 

 will be in course of time. For a publication in its first volume the 

 Guide to Nature is deserving of high commendation. 



