Publications Reviewed. 307 



so that ere long we may expect a revised Check-List fashioned 

 npon modern lines, we heartily welcome it. and extend our thanks 

 to the authors for it. l. j. 



Birds of the Pacitic Slope of Southern California. By George 

 Willett. Cooper Ornithological Club. Pacific Coast Avifauna Num- 

 ber 7. Hollywood. California. Published by the Club, July 25. 

 1912. 



The territory which this list covers "comprises all of Santa Bar- 

 bara and Ventura counties, Los Angeles County south and west 

 from the Liebre Mountains, Sierra Pelona and Sierra San Ga- 

 briel. San Bernardino County south and west from Sierra Madre 

 and San Bernardino ranges, all of Orange County, Riverside County 

 west from the San Jacinto range, and San Diego County west 

 from the Volcan and Cuyaniaca ranges ; also the eight islands of 

 the Santa Barbara group, namely San Miguel. Santa Rosa, Santa 

 Cruz, Anacapa. Santa Barbara, San Nicolas, Santa Catalina, and 

 San Clemente. In some cases I have deemed it advisable to refer 

 to records outride the limits as described above in order to show 

 certain connecting features in distribution or migration." 



The order followed is that of the 1910 A. O. U. Check-List, ex- 

 cept in a few instances where the distribution of certain species 

 do not seem to coincide with the Check-List. The conservatism 

 of the list as here presented is commendable. At that the main 

 list includes 377 names, with an added hypothetical list of 18. 

 The list is concerned with relative abundance, distribution both 

 altitudinal and latitudinal, place and time of breeding of breed- 

 ing birds, times of migration, and such citations of literature as 

 seem pertinent. Occasional notes of other character add interest 

 to the list. Paper, typography and workmanship are fully equal 

 to the high standard which the Cooper Club is so noted for. The 

 paper is a welcome addition to faunal literature, as bringing this 

 region down to date. l. j. 



The I'resent and Future Status of the California Valley Quail. 

 By Harold C. Bryant, Fellow in Applied Zoology on the Fish and 

 Game Commission Foundation in the University of California. 

 With Map and Diagram. Reprinted from The Condor, Vol. XIV, 

 July, 1912, pp. 131-142. 



The author concludes, after a careful examination of facts, that 

 the decrease of these birds in some sections calls for conservative 

 action lest in such sections the species be exterminated. In sections 

 where there has been no change and where there has been an in- 

 crease he recommends that game laws w^hich will operate to main- 

 tain a proper balance be enacted. It is no kindness to wild ani- 



