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Sawyer, Clarence E., Brunswick, 1901 



Snow, Miss Mary, Brooklyn, 1898 



Tufts, Lerry M., Farmington, 1905 



Talbot, Samuel, Portland, . 1905 



Walker, W. G., Castine, 1906 



Whipple, Wm. H., Portland, 1906 



Weeks, Mrs. Gertrude, Portland, 1906 



Wentworth, Mrs. E. P., Portland, 1899 



Williams, L. C, Athens, 1903 



Feathered Game of the Northeast. 



Mr. Walter H. Rich's new book, "Feathered Game of the 

 Northeast," an advance notice of which appeared in the September 

 Journal, has now been on the market for over two months. It is 

 meeting with a ready sale locally, where the author is well known, 

 and there is also a considerable demand for it from all the eastern 

 states, while an order of goodl}^ proportions has been received from 

 England. The criticisms of the book from the highest professional 

 sources have been kind and encouraging. The book is of peculiar 

 interest to young sportsmen who are desirous of becoming better 

 acquainted with the habits of game birds, and it is also valuable for 

 the general bird student. The descriptions and life histories of the 

 various birds of which it treats are interesting and accurate. A 

 characteristic extract, telling about the nesting habits of the Wood 

 Duck, is herewith quoted: 



"Perhaps if you have lived in 'the back country' of New 

 England, in the months of April and May, you have had the good 

 fortune to see the Wood Ducks come and search the forest for 

 suitable places for their homes. It may be that, closely hidden, 

 silent, motionless, and scarcely breathing lest you disturb the 

 beautiful visitors, you have watched the birds flit from tree to tree 

 along the watercourse; have seen them peep into the hollows of the 

 dead stubs to see if the interiors were dry, cosy and suitable to hold 

 the treasures which their fond hopes promise them. Anxious and 



