February, '19] BOOK reviews 129 



Injurious Insects and Useful Birds : Successful Control of Farm Pests, 



by F. L. Washburn, pages I to XVIII, + 1 to 453, 414 text 

 illustrations and four colored plates. J. B. Lippincott Company, 

 Philadephia, 1918. 



This, one of the Lippincott Farm Manuals, might properly be classed as a farm 

 zoology largely and properly devoted to insects, since their importance is certainly 

 commensurate with the space assigned. The author has endeavored to supply the 

 needs of high schools where agriculture is taught and of agricultural colleges which 

 demand a good, though not too technical text-book embracing a wide field. The 

 work also appeals to farmers, orchardists, vegetable growers, owners of gardens and 

 housekeepers and in this latter respect differs from a number of entomological vol- 

 umes issued during the last few years and restricted to the enemies of special crops. 

 It is concerned with fruit pests of all kinds, including the citrus fruits, the insects 

 affecting field crops and pasturage, vegetable gardens, house plants, shade and forest 

 trees, those troublesome to man and in the house, attacking stock or poultry and pests 

 in mills and elevators. The author's extensive personal experience with the last 

 makes the chapter of special value, particularly with cereals at their present high 

 prices. 



We have noticed in this volume a very large number of insects and other animals of 

 the United States with special reference to their economic importance. The accounts, 

 necessarily brief, are comprehensive and in many instances the meaning of the text is 

 made clearer by excellent illustrations. The chapter on birds and that in relation to 

 the four-footed pests of the farm are valuable and pertinent additions. The author 

 has reaUzed his aim and produced a volume which should be of great service to a very 

 wide cUentele. It is an excellent text for the use of schools and colleges, a most 

 desirable addition for many Ubraries and a very convenient volume for the working 

 library of the professional entomologist (Ady/.). E. P. F. 



Current Notes 



Capt. Allan H. Jennings of the Bureau of Entomology died in December, 1918. 



Dr. J. G. Needham of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., visited Washington and 

 the Bureau of Entomology in October. 



Lieut. E. H. Gibson, formerly of the Bureau of Entomology, has been promoted to 

 the rank of captain in the Sanitary Corps. 



Mr. C. H. Hadley, Jr., has been promoted from instructor to assistant professor 

 of economic entomology at the Pennsylvania State College and Station. 



Mr. J. W. Gilmore, Bureau of Entomology, has been granted an indefinite fur- 

 lough to enter an officers' training camp. He was connected with the Southern field- 

 crop insect investigations. 



Prof. John P. Campbell, for thirty years professor of biology in the University of 

 -Georgia, died December 3, 1918. Several years ago, Professor Campbell published 

 a number of papers on injurious insects. 



The nursery stock, plant and seed quarantine, which has been discussed during the 

 .summer and fall, received the approval of the secretary of agriculture November 18, 

 1918, and becomes effective Juno 1, 1910. 

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