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TowNSEND, Charles Wendell. 



A plea for the conservation of the Eider. 



The Auk, January, 1914, vol. xxxi, No. 1, pp. 14-21. 

 Describes the wholesale destruction of the eggs of this bird by fisher- 

 men and Indians on the coasts of Labrador, Newfoundland and Nova 

 Scotia, and suggests methods for its protection. 



Wright, Albert Hazen. 



Early records of the Wild Turkey, Part II. 



The Auk, October, 1914, vol. xxxi. No. 4, pp. 463-473. 

 Contains references to early methods of capture in Canada. 



Young, C. J. 



The Cardinal Grosbeak in winter in Northumberland County, Ontario. 

 The Ottawa Naturalist, June-July, 1914, vol. xxviii. Nos. 3 and 4, p. 



55. 



Young, John P. 



Fall migration at Cobourg, Ontario. 



Bird-lore, September-October, 1914, vol. xvi. No. 5, pp. 356, 357. 

 Contains a list of birds observed at this locality on October 4, 1913. 



Mammalia. 



Anderson, E. M. 



Mammals collected in the Okanagan Valley, April, May and June, 1913. 

 Report of the Provincial Museum for the year 1913. Province of 

 British Columbia, Victoria, 1914, pp. G. 18, G. 19. 

 An annotated list of 16 species of mammals and 5 species of reptiles. 



HOLLISTER, N. 



A systematic account of the Grasshopper Mice. 



Proceedings of the United States National Museum, October, 1914, 

 vol. xlvii, No. 2057, pp. 427-489, with 3 text figures (maps, showing 

 distribution of the various species and subspecies) and one plate. 

 Onchomys leucogaster missouriensis (Audubon and Bachman) is re- 

 corded from Saskatchewan. 



Jones, J. Walter. 



Fur-farming in Canada. 



Commission of Conservation, Canada, 1914, 257 pp., with 21 full- 

 page illustrations from photographs and 7 maps showing the distribu- 

 tion in Canada of the North American red foxes, raccoons, American 

 martens, skunks, muskrats and beaver. 



Kermode, F. and Anderson, E. M. 



Mammals collected in the Atlin District, September, 1913. 



Report of the Provincial Museum for the year 1913. Province of 

 British Columbia. Victoria, 1914, p. 621. 

 Seven species are listed. 



