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general, especially in New England. The author concludes that large 

 numbers of adult birds perished during the winter from lack of food 

 and cold, and that the wet spring was responsible for the death of great 

 numbers of nestling and young birds. Judging from my own studies of 

 the terns and gulls which nest in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Mass., these 

 storms did not materially affect these birds. The author makes a 

 strong plea for the preservation of the birds by providing shelter and 

 food in such severe winters, andemploying every possible means for pre- 

 venting their destruction during unfavorable weather. L J. 



The birds of Erie and Presque Isle, Erie County, Pennsylvania. 

 By W. E. Clyde Todd. Reprinted from Annals of the Carnegie Mus- 

 eum, Vol. II, 1904. Pages 481 to 596, with three plates and one map. 



237 species are here given as occuring in this limited area. 17 

 pages of introduction are concerned with a discussion of the physical 

 features of the region and the grouping of the species treated according 

 their mode of occurence. The copious annotations under each species 

 are chiefly concerned with the occurence of the si)ecies in the region, 

 with notes upon its occurence in contiguous regions. Mr. Clyde Todd 

 has here given us a carefully prepared list of a region about which very 

 little has thus far been written. We therefore welcome it as a further 

 contribution to faunal literature. L. J. 



Amateur Sportsman, The. Vol. XXXI, Nos. 3, 4, 5. 



American Ornithology, Vol. IV, Nos. 7, 8. 



Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. Vol. V, No. 2. 



Bird-Lore. Vol. VI. No. 4. 



Condor, The. Vol. VI, No. 4. 



Maine Sportsman. Vol. XI, Nos. 130, 131, 132. 



Naturaliste Canadien, Le. Vol. XXXI, Nos. 5, 6, 7. 



Plant World, The. Vol. VII, Nos. 6, 7, 8. 



Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, for 1903, 

 Part II. 



Twentieth Annual Report, 1903, Agricultural Experiment Station 

 University of W'isconsin. 



Twenty-third Annual Report, Cincinnati Museum Association, '03. 



