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driven the birds. Similar results can be produced in America, if 

 the farmers are once awakened to the fact that the ruthless 

 destruction of trees and underbrush and the present robber system 

 of farming will finally make a, howling wilderness and solitude 

 out of this glorious country as far as bird life is concerned. 

 Mr. McAfee's article is practical ; it shows what kinds of plants, 

 shrubs and trees should be planted, in the various zones and faunal 

 areas to attract birds, to induce them to nest with us and how 

 their attention can be diverted from fruits, the planting of mul- 

 berry trees being especially recommended in this respect. If the 

 sound advice in this article is heeded the country over, a great ad- 

 vance will be made towards keeping our birds — what few there are 

 still left — with us. 



In an article, " Pocket Gophers as Enemies of Trees," Mr. Da- 

 vid E. Lantz calls our attention to numerous Mammals and Birds, 

 that keep these pests in check, the Great Blue Heron and the Barn 

 Owl being foremost in this respect, while all the Hawks and Owls 

 come in for their share of praise. Apropos it is about time the 

 insane and indiscriminate slaughter of the Hawks and Owls is 

 stopped. It is not sufficient to merely point out the good these 

 birds do, but the murderous custom of shooting them at random 

 should be stopped. 



The third article in this book relating to birds is entitled " Intro- 

 duction of the Hungarian Partridge into the United States." 



" Birds Collected and Observed During the Cruise of the United 

 State Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross ' in the North Pacific 

 Ocean and in the Behring, Ochotsk, Japan, and Eastern 

 'Seas," April to December, 1906. By Austin Hobart Clark. 

 Dx". Clark, in a pamphlet of forty-nine pages [reprint from U. S. 

 N. M. proceedings], gives us a thorough and excellent report of 

 work done in those remote regions by himself, often under most 

 provoking circumstances. The Linschoten Islands, absolutely terra 

 incognita, were only touched during the cruise. No trace of Pal- 

 las' Cormorant was found : under the remarks of the lagoijus 

 groups we notice some careful, work of the author, but the last 

 word in regard to the various races of these birds has certainly not 

 yet been spoken. Why the name of Larus barrovianus is retained 

 in view of recent investigations by Dr. Dwight, is a mystery. In- 

 cidentally a timely remark is made concerning the A. O. U. check 

 list being out of date. It has often been a surprise to us that such 

 a check list is retained by the A. O. U., when it is well known that 

 the science of ornithology has progressed in its classification, based 

 upon the anatomical structure of birds, away beyond the clumsy 



