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katchewan, by A. C. Bent; Notes from Extreme Southern Illinois, 

 by John P. Ferry, with the usual number of general notes and 

 observations on recent ornithological literature. 



Thk Condor. — The Condor ior September-October, 1907, con- 

 tains Two Studies in Blue (with six photos by H. T. Bohlman), by 

 William L,. Finley; Some Experiences of a Collector in Alaska, by 

 Joseph Dixon; Catalogue of Birds Collected by W. W. Browm, Jr., 

 in Middle Lower California, by John E. Thayer and Outram Bangs; 

 Some Colorado Notes on the Rocky Mountain Screech Owl (with 

 five photos), by Robert B. Rockwell; A Collecting Trip in Korea, 

 by Malcolm P. Anderson; The Gambel Partridge in California, by 

 M. French Oilman; Nesting of the Bi-colored Blackbird (with one 

 photo), by H. F. Duprey; Notes on the Pallid Wren-tit, by Wright 

 M. Pierce; Some Birds of Southwest Colorado, by M. French Gil- 

 man; The Rufous-crowned Sparrow in San Diego County (with one 

 photo), by Nelson K. Carpenter; The Condor Fifty Years Ago, by 

 C. S. Sharp, together with notes from field and study, editorials, 

 communications and reviews. 



BiRD-IyORE. — ^The issue of Bird-Lore for September-October, 

 1907, is fully up to its previous standard of fine typography and 

 elegant illustrations. The articles on the Thrushes are continued, 

 with handsomely colored portraits of several different species. 

 There is also an admirably colored plate of the Purple Finch accom- 

 panying an article on this bird by Mabel Osgood Wright. The 

 Audubon Society furnishes reports of new bird reservations in the 

 Gulf of Mexico, report of exploration of seabird colonies on the 

 coast of Louisiana west of the Mississippi. General articles are: 

 Bird Protection in Italy as it Impresses the Italian, by Frances H. 

 Herrick; the House Wren, by Fred L. Holtz; A Study of a House 

 Wren, by Elizabeth Freeman TenEyck; An Attempt to Establish a 

 Purple Martin Colony, by William C. Horton; and Notes on the 

 Starling in America. 



The Wilson Bulletin. — The WUso7i Bulletin for Septem- 

 ber, 1907, contains The First Birdskin of Elliott Coues, by Dr. R. 

 W. Shufeldt; the Birds of Point Pelee, by P. A. Taverner and B. 

 H. Swales; Alexander Wilson in Bird Census Work, by Frank L. 

 Burns; Aspects of the Spring Migration of 1907, by Eynds Jones; 



