156 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 88 



worth recording. It is not possible to begin to do justice to this paper 

 in the space at our disposal. Everybody who is at all interested in the 

 side of bird study illustrated by this paper ought to possess a copy. 

 We hope that there are plenty of them to be had. L. J. 



On the Habits and Behavior of the Herring Gull, Larus argentatus 

 Pont. By E. M. Strong. From "The Auk," Vol. XXXI, January and 

 April, 1914. Pp. 23-49, 178-199. 



This paper is based on studies carried on among the breeding colonies 

 of these gulls upon the islands in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The limits 

 of this review preclude anything like an adequate treatment of this 

 excellent paper. The field studies are supplemented by painstaking inves- 

 tigations in the laboratories of the University of Cliicago. The jiictures 

 — halftones from pliotographs — are carefully chosen and each one has 

 its peculiar contribution to make to the paper. There is little left to be 

 desired in the field which this paper covers. If a similar study of the 

 winter habits of these gulls could be as carefully done we should then 

 know about all of the life history. L. J. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



A Further Study of the Home Life of the Brown Thrasher — Toxos- 

 toma rufum Linn. By Ira N. Gabrielson. From the Proceedings of the 

 Iowa Academy of Science for 1913. Pp. 299-304. 



A Heronry near Indianapolis. Pp. 57-58. 



Further notes on Indiana Birds. Pp. 59-65. 



Birds that Destroy Grapes. Pp. 53-55. 



All by Amos W. Butler. From Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 43. 



Use and Value of Wild Birds to Texas Farmers and Stockmen and 

 Fruit and Truck Growers. Compiled by H. P. Attwatev. 1914. Texas 

 Department of Agriculture Bulletin. May-June, 1914. No. 37. 



Birds in Relation to the Alfalfa Weevil. By E. R. Kalmbach, Assis- 

 tant Biologist. Bulletin of the U. S, Dept. of Agri. No. 107. 



The Ontogeny of the White Ibis; Specialization of Tail Down in 

 Ducks; Effect of Postponed Moult in Certain Passerine Birds; Prelim- 

 inary Pheaant Studies. By C. William Beebe, Curator of Birds. Zoo- 

 logical Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 

 Vol. 1, Nos. 12-15. 



The Extermination of America's Bird Fauna. By E. W. Shufeldt. 

 Separataftryk Af, "Nyt Magaziu for Xaturvidenskaberne. " Chris- 

 tiania. 1914. 



Osteology of the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius). By 

 R. W. Shufeldt. From "The Auk," Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July, 1914. Pp. 

 358-362. 



Notes on the Louisiana Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans saturatus) in 

 Texas. By George Finlay Simmons. From "The Auk," Vol. XXXI, 

 No. 3, July, 1914. Pp. 363-384. 



