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lous, something like those of the Cali- 

 fornia Bush-tit yPsiiltrif'iinis mini in us 

 raliforniciis. ) 



The nest was woven from tine strips 

 of the inner bark of dead willow trees. 

 The walls were three-eighths of an 

 inch thick at the top and tive-eighths 

 at the bottom. Although built by one 

 of a family noted for their beautiful 

 nests, I was very much surprised at its 

 compact symetry, and had not the set 

 been badly incubated it would have 

 been a highly desirable addition to any 

 cabinet. As it is the set has a place 

 in my collection even though the holes 

 are -'as large as the eggs." The eggs 

 are about the si^e and shape of typical 

 specimens of the Maryland Yellow- 

 throat {Gcoiltlypis tric/ias), but the 

 markings are very faint and sparsely 

 scattered over the larger end of the 

 €gg. At a distance they appear to be 

 unmarked. The ground-color is pink, 

 and the markings tiny dots of brick- 

 red. 



The birds are not uncommon in this 

 region but this is the first set I have 

 seen recorded from Orange county, 

 although doubtless many have been 

 taken. 



Harry H. Dunn. 

 Fullerton. Orange Co., 



California. 



Outing for July is a seasonable and 

 altogether satisfying number in text 

 and illustrations. Prominent among 

 a well-chosen assortment of good 

 things are — "Canals for Summer 

 Cruises," by E. \V. Foster; "Salmon 

 of the Sou' west," by Frank H. Ris- 

 teen: "A Day on Georgian Bay," by 

 Ed. W. Sandys; "Sport's Place in the 

 Nation's Well-being," by Price Collier; 



Vignettes from the Wheel, " by Chas. 

 lurner; "Golf, the St. Andrews Club 

 of America," by John Reid, and Yacht- 

 ing, " by A. J. Kenealy. Canoeing, 

 cycling, shooting, camping and fishing 

 all receive proper attention. The edi- 

 torial and record departments cover 

 all the sports and pastimes of ladies 

 and gentlemen. 



Note. 



The Scientific Annririiii, which has 

 always indentitied itself very closely 

 with the interests of the Navy, is to be 

 congratulated on the extremely hand- 

 some and valuable "Navy Supple- 

 ment" which it has lately put before 

 the public. We think that, if the 

 average reader had been asked before- 

 hand what kind of a work he would 

 prefer upon the Navy, he would have 

 asked for just such an issue as this. 



Both the illustrations and the read- 

 ing matter are of the straightforward 

 explanatory kind which is necessary to 

 put a technical subject clearly before 

 the lay mind. It was a happy thought 

 to preface the work with a chapter 

 upon the classification of warships and 

 insert a few diagrams by way of expla- 

 nation of the subtle differences be- 

 tween cruisers, monitors and battle- 

 ships; for after digesting this chapter 

 one is prepared to follow intelligently 

 the detailed descriptions of the various 

 ships which make up the bulk of the 

 issue. One of the best things about 

 this number is that it does not merely 

 give an external illustration of each 

 ship, but it takes the reader down be- 

 low decks, and initiates him into the 

 mysteries of the magazines, handling 

 rooms, ammunition hoists and motive 

 machinery. The sectional views of 

 the interior of the turrets of the moni- 

 tors are exceptionally fine, as is the 

 large wood engraving of the engines of 

 the "Massachusetts." The last page 

 of the number contains complete tables 

 of the new Navy, the auxiliary fleet 

 and the various naval guns. A hand- 

 some colored map of Cuba and the 

 West Indies is furnished with this 

 issue. We extend our congratulations 

 to our contemporary on the production 

 of a work which is well conceived and 

 admirably carried out. This work is 

 published by Mcnn & Co., of 361 

 Broadway, New York, for 25 cents. 



