312 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Cornish, G. A. 



This excellent little book contains 30 lessons on a number of our common 

 birds, their habits, nests, food, migration, etc. Each lesson gives 

 a series of observations to be made by the student, the answers to 

 which are included in the information for the teacher. 



Criddle, Stuart. 



Bird notes from Aweme, Manitoba. 



The Ottawa Naturalist, January, 1914, vol. xxvii. No. x, p. 144. 

 Reports a late southward migration of the Lapland Longspur, prob- 

 ably due to mild weather and lack of snow. 



Crossa, Gus. 



Notes from Alberta, Canada. 



The Oologist, March, 1914, vol. xxxi. No. 3, pp. 54-56. 



Gives brief notes on a number of species of birds observed at Pigeon 



Lake, Alta., about 60 miles southwest of Edmonton. 



D. B. 



Notes on the quail. 



The Ottawa Naturalist, December, 1914, vol. xxviii, No. 9, pp. 124- 



126. 



Gives notes on the habits of the American Quail with suggestions for 



its conservation. 



De Miklos, M. E, 



Protection of birds. 



Commission of Conservation, Canada, 1914, Rep. 5th Annual Meeting, 

 pp. 218-234. 



Discusses the importance to agriculture of the protection of birds 

 and the various ways by which their natural increase is counteracted. 

 Also considers means of prevention of wilful destruction of birds by 

 man and gives an outline of the protective legislation of various coun- 

 tries. 



DiONNÉ, C. E. 



Le pigeon voyageur existe-t-il encore ? 



Le Naturaliste Canadien, July, 1914, vol. xli (xxi of 2nd. Series), No. 

 1, pp. 1-2. 



A pair of these birds were said to have been observed by M. A. Lalonde 

 in the vicinity of Oka, Que. 



Mort de la dernière Tourte. 



Le Naturaliste Canadien, September, 1914, vol. xli (xxi of 2nd Series), 

 No. 3, pp. 33-34. 



Notes on the death of the last Passenger Pigeon at the Zoological 

 Gardens, Cincinnati, O. 



Educational Review, The (Editorial) 

 Winter Birds. 



April, 1914, No. 323, pp. 233, 234. St. John's, N.B. 

 Reports received from various parts of Nova Scotia. 



