204 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 81. 



catcher. Horned Lark. Chipping Sparrow, Junco or Snowbird, 

 White-crowned Sparrow, Southern Butcher Bird, Audubon Warbler. 

 Ruby-crowned KingleL 



We note that ten of the sixteen figures are from ' the pencil of 

 Robert J. Sim. They are of unusual excellence. Too much can- 

 not be said in commendation of the work which this paper rep- 

 resents. The data gathered in these investigations will surely fur- 

 nish incontrovertable data for inquiries such as Mr. MaAtee has 

 begun in a paper reviewed elsewhere in this number. l. j. 



On the Collection of Zoological Specimens for the Victoria 

 Memorial Museum, Zoology. By P. A. Taverner. Canada, Depart- 

 ment of Mines, Geological Survey. No. 1234, 1912. 



In this little pocket pamphlet of 56 pages Mr. Taverner has not 

 only condensed a complete compendium for collectors of all sorts 

 of zoological material with which a great museum should be con- 

 cerned, hut he also gives valuable directions for shipping .speci- 

 mens, methods of collecting, anmuinition, other equipment, con- 

 duct in tiie field, and all that goes with the preservation of speci- 

 mens. In short, it is such a pamphlet as one v.ould find of great 

 value who goes out into the woods and fields for any purpose, and 

 should stimulate those not otherwise inclined to gather specimens 

 to do so. Mr. Taverner's plea to the individual for assistance in 

 building up the Victoria Memorial Museum ought to stir every 

 loyal Canadian to such action as will result in the building of a 

 museum worthj- of the wealth and intelligence of Canada. l. j. 



Food of Our More Important Flycatchers. By F. E. L. Beal, 

 Assistant, Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bio- 

 logical Survey — Bulletin No. 44. Issued September 19, 11)12. 



The species here treated are the Kingbird, Arkansas Kingbird, 

 Crested Flycatcher, Phoebe, and Black Phcebe. Each is illustrated 

 by the inimitajble colored plates of Louis Agassiz Fuertes. The 

 Bulletin covers sixty-six and a half pages. The food of each of 

 the five f.pecies is treated in great detail. It is anotl.er of the 

 many invaluable studies of the food of our birds. l. .t. 



Pocket Li-t of Birds of Eastern Massachusetts. Albert P. Morse, 

 Curator of National History. Peabody Museum, Salem. Mass- 

 Published by the Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, Mass. 1912. 



"The purpose of this little work is to provide the bird-student in 

 eastern :Massachusetts with a handy pocket reminder of 'what, 

 when, and where' to seek." .... "The List contains ."^OO species and 

 subspecies. Of tiieso three are iirnbably or certainly extinct: sev- 



