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The Ornithological Magazines. 



The Auk. — The Auk for October, 1908, completes its twenty- 

 fifth volume. It contains interesting additions to Audubon litera- 

 ture by Ruthven Deane, and Dr. C. Hart Merriam, and there are 

 articles on "Some Birds of Central Alabama," by Aretas A. Saun- 

 ders ; "Birds of the Bellingham Bay Region," by J. M. Edson ; 

 "List of the Birds of Louisiana," Part V., by G. E. Beyer, Andrew 

 Allison and H. H. Kopman ; "Recent Bird Records from Manitoba," 

 by Ernest Thompson Seton ; "Birds of the Region about Needles, 

 California," by N. Hollister ; "The Birds of the Rosebud Indian 

 Reservation, South Dakota," by Albert B. Reagan; "Changes of 

 Plumage in Buteo Swainsoni," by E. S. Cameron; with the usual 

 number of general notes. 



The Condor. — The Condor for July-August, 1908, contains 

 "Sierra Forms on the Coast of Sonoma County, California," by 

 Joseph Mailliard ; "A Bit of Early California Natural History," by 

 Frank S. Daggett ; "Summer Birds of the Upper Salinas Valley and 

 Adjacent Foothills," by G. Willett ; "Field Notes from Alaska," 

 by Joseph Dixon; "The Nesting of the Rocky Mountain Screech 

 Owl in Wyoming," by Charles W. Metz ; "Birds on the Navajo 

 Reservation in New Mexico," by M. French Oilman; "An Anno- 

 tated List of the Birds of Mesa County, Colorado," by Robert B. 

 Rockwell ; with the usual number of notes from field and study. 



Bird-Lore. — Bird-Lore for September-October, 1908, continues 

 the articles on "The Flycatchers," with admirable colored portraits. 

 Also articles on "A Raven's Nest," by Francis H. Allen ; "Hum- 

 mingbird Eccentricities," by Mary Pierson Allen; "A Mocking- 

 bird's June," by Albert V. Goodpasture; "The Growth of Young 

 Black-billed Cuckoos," by A. A. Saunders; "Chestnut-sided War- 

 bler," by Mary C. Dickerson ; "Rose-breasted Grosbeak," by F. E. 

 Howe; "Florida Blue Jay," by Frank M. Chapman; with the 

 usual number of notes from field and study. 



The Wilson Bulletin. — The Wilson Bnlleiin for September, 

 1908, contains "Birds of Point Pelee," by Taverner and Swales; 



