Publications Received 111 



and Prothonotary Warblers, Bell Vireo, Rough-winged Swallow, 

 Summer Tanager, Lark Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Acadian Fly- 

 catcher, Arkansas Kingbird, Sparrow Hawk and Killdeer, were not 

 noted though seen in 1918. 



The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher was found just beginning construc- 

 tion of a nest. At the N. O. U. field day last year a pair with a 

 completed nest was found. 



REPORT OF THE TREASURER, 1920-21 

 Rkceipts 



Cash on hand. May 9, 1919 ,$ 43.59 



Annual dues collected 102.00 



Interest on investment 10.87 



$156.46 

 Expenditures 



Wilson Bulletin $ 58.50 



Postage 4.00 



Balance on hand. May 13, 1921 93.96 



$156.46 



PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED 



Birds of Swope Park, in the Heart of America 

 The latest bird book for the middle west has just been issued 

 by the Mclndoo Publishing Company of Kansas City. It is en- 

 titled " Birds of Swope Park, in the Heart of America," ' and has 

 been written by Mr. A. E. Shirling. For some time Kansas City 

 has been developing a group of active bird students, Including Mr. 

 Ralph Hoffman, now of California, and Mr. Harry Harris. This 

 little booklet on the birds of Swope Park now places its author 

 among the " upper-classmen " of the middle west. 



Swope Park, which lies within the city limits of Kansas City, 

 Missouri, is a tract of 1332 acres in the valley of the Blue River, 

 and it includes all the variety of topography and vegetation which 

 is found in the Missouri River valley. It is reported to be an ideal 

 haunt for seventy-eight species of nesting birds; and this number 

 includes some not known in the Sioux City region, such as the 

 Tufted Titmouse, Northern Parula Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, 

 Blue-winged Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Summer Tanager, 

 etc. A Blue Grosbeak nested just outside the bounds of the park 

 in 1918, making a total of seventy-nine for the park and vicinity. 



The author's method was to divide the park into seventeen 

 smaller areas, arbitrarily bounded. He made an early morning 



'Birds of Swope Park in the Heart of America, Kansas City, 

 Missouri. By A. E. Shirling, M.A. 1920. Mclndoo Publishing 

 Company, Kansas City, Mo. 



