68 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 51. 



Bird Study in the Rural School. Normal School Bulletin, No. 

 12, April 1, 1905. By Thomas L. Hankinson, B.S. 



In ten pages Professor Hankinson has discussed in a pleasant 

 manner the possibilties of bird study without either museum or 

 collection or teacher, and has clearly shown that there are no in- 

 surmountable difficulties. The writer has a very tender memory 

 of the rural school, for it was there that his early education was 

 wholly obtained. There, too, all of his early experiences in bird 

 study were cast. If he still sighs for the old times and scenes 

 who shall say him nay! We cannot but envy the rural teacher 

 and scholar their unrivalled opportunities for bird study at first 

 hand. L. J. 



The Mammal and Bird Fauna of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. 

 By W. E. Clyde Todd. (Reprinted from History of Beaver County, 

 Pennsylvania, at its Centennial Celebration.) 



Some pertinent remarks upon the past fauna and the influence 

 of settlement upon that fauna, and remarks relating to the zoo- 

 geographic position of Beaver County, are followed by an anno- 

 tated list of 30 mammals and 178 birds. We welcome it as a fur- 

 ther contribution to faunal literature. L. J. 



The Origin of the Kirtland's Warbler. By P. A. Taverner. 

 From the Ontario Natural Science Bulletin, No. 1, April 15, 1905. 



The conclusion of this interesting paper may be given in the 

 author's own words. "It seems probable, then, from our present 

 knowledge, that Kirtland's Warbler is what remains of a once 

 far more widely distributed species wintering along the Gulf States 

 and spread from thence to the Bahama Islands. . . . The breeding 

 grounds then likely covered the greater part of the Alleghanian 

 Transition Zone." L- J- 



The Ontario Natural Science Bulletin comes to us as an entirely 

 new 48 page claimant for attention, under the able editorship of 

 Mr. A. B. Klug. The first number contains about 28 pages of in- 

 terest to bird students, and in all respects gives promise of being 

 a valuable addition to the literature of natural science. The edit- 

 or's list of 197 Wellington County birds, and his migration tables 

 are worthy of special notice. We wish this new venture into the 

 field of scientific literature every success. L. J. 



The Warbler, in its new form and cover, steps into the ranks of 

 bird magazines with the apparent purpose of presenting a series 

 of accurate colored pictures of rare eggs and photographs of nests 

 and eggs and nesting sites, and if the first two numbers are an 

 indication of the future policy, to giving fuller accounts of birds 

 in particular localities than most magazines seem to be willing to 



