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and fall stopping place for many migrants that nest farther north, 

 such as clucks, coots, loons, snipes, sandpipers, etc. 



In looking over "The Birds of Ohio," by Lynds Jones, I noticed 

 the statement that the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea 

 Bodd.) "was not found at Lewiston reservoir in spite of the fact 

 that breeding places seemed plentiful." Just when the trip here re- 

 ferred to was made is not stated, but it was certainly made before 

 the publication of the Catalogue in 1903. He further states on the 

 authority of Dr. Wheaton that it is a summer resident in the vi- 

 cinity of the St. Mary's or Grand Reservoir, and that he himself 

 has found it fairly common at the Licking Reservoir. 



W. L. Dawson, in his "The Birds of Ohio," gives its range in 

 Ohio, as a "summer resident in restricted localities, such as the 

 Grand and Licking Reservoirs, and the major streams draining in- 

 to the Ohio." But he does not mention the Lewiston Reservoir. 



During the week from July 30 to August 4, 1906, I found it to be 

 very common in the willows overhanging the edges of the Lewis- 

 ton Reseivoir, especially near Russell Point. Although this was 

 after the nesting season, I think that the Prothonotary Warbler 

 very probably nests there. 



Professor Jones states in his Catalogue that there is "some in- 

 direct evidence that this species is extending its range northward 

 where conditions are favorable." This may accovmt for its pres- 

 ence at the Lewiston Reservoir in 190G, and its absence at the time 

 referred to above. — G. Clyde Fishek, DeFuniak 82)rinffS, Florida. 



BOOK REVIEWS. 



The Birds of New Jersey. By Witmer Stone. Annual Report of 

 the New Jersey State Museum, 1908 [1909]. Our sister state on 

 the other side of the Delaware has evidently profited by our mis- 

 take. Instead of an immensely costly compilation bristling with 

 unauthenticated statements and borrowed facts, illuminated by a 

 number of colored plates to fool and flatter the Pennsylvania 

 farmer ; we have here a modest, readable text-book and treatise 

 on the birds of New Jersey, designed particularly for the public 

 schools and libraries, containing well authenticated facts and rec- 

 ords, by a recognized authority, and supplemented by eighty-four 

 uncolored plates of birds selected from the best of Wilson, Audu- 

 bon, Fuertes, and Horsfall. 



The chapters on the destruction and protection of our birds, and 

 distribution and migration, are followed by a key for the identifica- 

 tion of New Jersey birds and the enumeration, brief description, re- 

 marks on the abundance, etc., of 356 species and subspecies. The 



