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prevailed in his or her region a report will be prepared for publi- 

 cation in this magazine. The questions asked are : How long were 

 birds held back by weather? How many species were affected? Were 

 individuals of late arriving species less numerous than usual? Was 

 there noticeable increase in mortality? 



REVIE,WS 



" The Nature Study Review," official organ of American Nature 

 Study Society, March, 1910, Bird 'Study number. A splendid num- 

 ber, replete with excellent photos and good sound common sense 



ou bird protection by C. F. Hodge, J. E. Hess, G. H. 



Trafton, T. L. Hankinson, Fred L. Charles and others, with a bird 

 identification chart especially adapted to the public schools, proves 

 its sterling worth without any further advertisements. We wish 

 it God-speed on its journey and hope it will prosper and grow to be 

 a permanent stronghold in the protection of birds. 



" Notes on Some of the Rarer Birds of Washtenaw Co., Mich. 

 (Reprint from the Auk, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, April, 1910.) 

 This is an excellent list of 34 species, with annotations, prepared 

 with great care and accuracy by two well known field-workers of 

 the Wjlson Club, Norman A. Wood and A. D. Tinker. The com- 

 parisons with former lists are thorough, errors of these are cor- 

 rected, evidence always being furnished by the actual capture of 

 specimens. We note with surprise the apparent scarcity of some 

 species compared with conditions in northern Ohio. We would 

 like to point out to the authors the fact that the Pine Warbler is 

 not necessarily confined to coniferous woods as its breeding haunts, 

 Professor Ridgway's records from southern Illinois and the re- 

 viewer's own from southern Ohio proving as much. We only re- 

 gret that the list was not first sent to the Wilson Bulletin, the best 

 and only bird journal of the middle west, which should be the me- 

 dium of publication for all the bird students of this region. 



W. F. H. 



" Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1909." 



This most valuable book contains a splendid article by W. L. 

 McAfee on " Plants useful to attract birds and protect fruit," 

 which is timely indeed. In European countries careful attention 

 has long since been paid to the restoration of conditions favorable 

 to bird life on land from which cultivation and civilization have 



