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Ihruout the winter to subdue the insect enemies of the farm, orchard, 

 and garden. For the efficient service thus rendered the bird asks no pay, 

 although it may be induced to remain more of the time upon the farm 

 premises if bones or suet are hung in trees, where the birds may get it 

 during the winter." 



Bulletin jj. The Feeding Habits of the Chipping Sparrow, by Clar- 

 ence M. Weed. 



In this paper of twelve pages we have the complete record of one day's 

 allowance of three young Chipping Sparrows, "so nearly full grown 

 that they hopped out of the nest the second day after these records were 

 made." The observations were made upon a nest, placed conveniently 

 near a window, by the author and Mr. W. F. Fiske, beginning at 3:40 a. 

 M. and closing 7:30 p. m. of June 22. During this day the young were 

 fed i8g times, and so far as it was possible to ascertain, upon injurious 

 insects and worms. It is thus made clear that even this seed-eating bird, 

 so familiar to the door-yard, is one of man's indispensable allies in the 

 ceaseless war against insect pests. L. J. 



A Freli?ni)i(n-y Lisl of Uie Birds of Belkmip and Mo-riinac Coiiiities, 

 New Jlauipsliire, zcitJi fio/es by Ned Dearborn. Presented to the 

 Faculty of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic 

 Arts as a thesis for the degree of Master of Science, June, 1898. 



It is cause for congratulation that our institutions of higher education 

 are not only accepting but encouraging original field work as worthy of 

 higher degrees. It evinces a wholesome reaction from a once studied 

 neglect of this important phase of life. Both the structure and the ac- 

 tivities of animals have their legitimate place, and neither should throw 

 disrespect upon the other. We welcome this list of birds as another 

 illustration of the real importance which the study of the local fauna is 

 coming to have, as well as a contribution to the literature of a region 

 which has been thus far little heard from. 



The list comprises 19 r species and sub-species, arranged in accordance 

 with the A. O. U. list of 1895, with the changes up to 1898 incorporated. 

 While the scientific names are in strict accord with the A. O. U. list, it 

 is not universally true of the vernacular names. It is the writer's opinion 

 that correctly written vernacular names are hardly less important than 

 the scientific names. 



While an index of such a list would hardly seem necessary, a brief 

 summary would add not a little to it. 



The list is the result of ten years of field study by the author, supple- 



