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gestion of winter the ducks began to drop into the Oberlin water- 

 works reservoir. For the first time in the history of the reservoir 

 Hooded Merganser has stopped in the southward migration. On 

 November 19, a flock of four males and three females arrived 

 about the middle of the forenoon and were gone shortly after din- 

 ner. Two females came and remained all day on the 21st. The 

 males were in full dress. They seemed to be feeding upon the 

 vegetation at the water's edge, and were not seen to catch any of 

 the very numerous fish. 



American Golden-eye (Clangula clangula americana). One in im- 

 mature plumage appeared on November 19, and remained for sever- 

 al days, feeding upon the Cara at the edges of the reservoir. It has 

 never before been seen during the fall. 



Earlier in the season Pied-billed Grebes and Coots were unusually 

 numerous at the reservoir for two or three weeks. A dozen grebes 

 on the reservoir at one time was not unusual. One Coot, scarcely 

 larger than a grebe, fed constantly at the edge of the water, with 

 no apparent fear of persons standing within a few feet of him, 

 watching him dive down to the bed of Cara, bring up a large 

 mouth-full, and proceed to swallow as much as he could before 

 it sank out of reach. The clear water permitted a perfect study 

 of his motions while under water. LYNDS JONES. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Birds of Ohio. By Rev. W. Leon Dawson, A.M. Published by 

 the Wheaton Publishing Company, 1216 The Hayden, Columbus, 

 Ohio. Sold only by subscription. 



This is the most notable book upon popular scientific ornithology 

 which has appeared since Nehrling's "Our Native Birds of Song 

 and Beauty." While it treats only the 320 odd birds which have 

 been found in Ohio, its treatment of these species is so thorough 

 that little remains to be said about them. The species are among 

 the most common which will be found in any locality east of the 

 Great Plains, and the book will therefore find a ready sale outside 

 the state where it will prove as useful as within the state. The 

 book is an imperial quarto of about 720 pages exclusive of 80 col- 

 ored plates, printed on fine paper, and with some 200 cuts of birds 

 and nests in the text. These cuts are almost wholly from photo- 

 graphs from nature, and are therefore new — made expressly for 

 this book. The author has combined accuracy of statement with 

 good literary style, making facts interesting to the casual reader. 

 The brief, but accurate descriptions of the birds have been taken 

 directly from Ohio specimens of each species, and are therefore 

 not rehashes of other descriptions. A brief statement of the range 

 of the species at large is followed by its range in Ohio. A con- 

 cise description of the nest and eggs is also given for such species 



