JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 73 



Feathered Game of the Northeast. 



The Journal presents as a frontispiece a colored engraving of 

 the Wood Duck, a sample illustration from "Feathered Game of the 

 Northeast," by Walter H. Rich, of Portland, one of the most success- 

 ful and scientific sportsmen in Maine, who unites excellent literary- 

 ability and accurate artistic capacity. The drawing of this Wood 

 Duck, it seems to the Journal, compares favorably with similar 

 productions from the pencils of the best bird artists in the country, 

 and it is something of a coincidence that the same bird has been 

 portrayed recently in a number of well known publications. Mr. 

 Rich's new book will be issued immediately from the press of 

 Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York. The author, a keen sports- 

 man of wide experience, here describes the game birds of our 

 upper Eastern coast, both by word and picture, giving their habitat, 

 seasons, best methods of hunting, and other valuable information. 

 The book is filled with first-hand knowledge, enlivened by hunting 

 episodes and native humor. It also contains a timely plea for mod- 

 eration in seeking game. The fine series of full-page illustrations 

 is an especially valuable feature, and will be welcomed by sports- 

 men everywhere. These drawings were all made by Mr. Rich 

 himself with much attention to accurate detail, making them 

 valuable as a means of identification of the different species of well 

 known game birds. It is predicted that there will be a large and 

 constantly increasing sale of this admirable and exhaustive book. 



Useful Birds and Their Protection. 



The Journal has received from the Massachusetts State Board 

 of Agriculture, at the request of the author, a copy of "Useful Birds 

 and Their Protection" by Edward Howe Forbush, the State 

 Ornithologist. The volume has 437 pages, and is illustrated by the 

 author, C. Allan Lyford, Chester A. Reed, and others. It is hand- 

 somely printed on heavy paper. The edition of this book was 5,000 

 copies, and the expense of printing it was $3,000. It has been 

 liberally distributed to Public Libraries, High schools and indi- 



