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devise and manufacture bis own, and some of them have been 

 described in the ornithological literature. Such a stand must be 

 ligbt and attachable to a strong tripod or other support ; it must 

 be adjustable, so that tlie camera may l>e placed at any angle and 

 held rigid. 



At least two such stands hate been described within t'he last 

 year. Both have been designed for botanical work, but would serve 

 the ornithologist equally well. In Knotcledge, for October, 1911, 

 Mr. Somerville Hastings describes and illustrates one, a " tilting 

 table," as he calls it. In the Botanical Gazette, for March. 1911, 

 Mr. Harry B. Shaw describes and illustrates another one along 

 similar lines. 



Shaw's apparatus, however, permits a much wider range of ad- 

 justment, and is longer and much better adapted for a long-focus 

 camera. As an adjustahle stand it is far ahead of anything so 

 far offered by the large manufacturers of photographic apparatus. 

 Tbese stands can be secured, built to order, from Mr. Frederick 

 Carl, an expert model-maker (address. fi28 IT. Street. N. W.. Wash- 

 ington. D. C.) at a cost of from ,$12 to $15. The writer obtained 

 one toward the end of last season, and. although it was too late 

 to put it to much use, it is thoroughly satisfactory in Its mechanism. 



T. C. Stephens. 



Publications Reviewed 



Birds of Arkansas. By Arthur II. Howell. Bull. No. .?8. Bio- 

 logical Survey. 1911. 1(10 pp.: 1 map. plates, 4 text cuts. 



This is a very Avelcome addition to faunal literature from a re- 

 gion which hasi been little known. In the words of Mr. Henshaw. 

 Chief of the Biological Survey, " This report fills an important gap 

 in our knowledge of the avifauna of the ^Mississippi Valley." Fol- 

 lowing a general suiwey of the state, with its " Physical Fea- 

 tures" and " Life Zones." a general discussion of fhe " Economic 

 Value of Birds," the " Game Resources and Legislation," " Sources 

 of Information," and a statement of the "Number of Species" act- 

 ually recorded, which is 2-')^>. and a statement that probably WO 

 species and subspecies occur, the " List of Species " isi given. 

 TTnder this heading some ."^5 species are given in parenthesis, 

 which should certainly be found in the state, but which the lim- 

 ited number of observers has not made it possible to record. The 

 most notable contribution to the ornithology of the state in recent 

 years has been made by Mrs. L. M. Stephenson, of Helena. Mr. 

 Howell made an extended survey of the state from April 2S 



