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versity of South Carolina entitled ‘ Decrease of Birds in South Carolina,’ ! 
by Belle Williams, secretary of the South Carolina Audubon Society. 
This presents reports from all over the State on the abundance of birds, 
enforcement of laws, etc., and covers effectively the whole problem of bird 
conservation in one of the states where educational work of this kind is 
sadly needed. 
In ‘Science’ for September 15, Dr. Joseph Grinnell and Mr. Tracy I. 
Storer discuss ‘ Animal Life as an Asset of National Parks.’ — W. S. 
The Ornithological Journals. 
Bird-Lore. XVIII, No. 5. September—October, 1916. 
Cardinals Through the Year. By Mrs. Robert G. Steele. 
Protection of Migrating Birds in England. By W. W. Grant.— Describ- 
ing the perches on lighthouses. 
An Ancient Bird Census in Asphaltic Petroleum. By M. C. Frederick.— 
Account of the bird remains discovered in the La Brea deposits, Los Angeles, 
Cal. 
Oregon Notes. By Sarah G. Pickins. 
Winter Feeding-Stations at Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y. By 
W. L. G. Edson and R. E. Horsey.— Tabulates actual number of visits 
to feeding stations in one day. The Chickadees score was 1239! 
Screech Owl Johnnie. By Florence M. Bailey. 
The colored plate depicts four species of Thrasher, while the Audubon 
leaflet treats of the Avocet. 
The Condor. XVIII, No. 5. September—October, 1916. 
More Bird Notes from Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino Mountains. By 
W. M. Pierce.— Fourteen species. 
Meeting Spring Half-way (cont ’d). By Florence M. Bailey.— Corpus 
Christi to the Mexican Boundary. 
A Hospital for Wild Birds. By Dr. W. W. Arnold. 
Some Birds of the Fresno District, California. By J. G. Tyler. 
Some Bird Notes from Humboldt Bay. By Joseph Mailliard. 
Notes of the Golden Eagle in Arizona. By F. C. Willard. 
The Odlogist. X XXIII, No.9. September 15, 1916. 
Relative to the Bald Eagle in Alaska. By I. J. Van Kammen. 
Alarming Scarcity of Vultures. By E. F. Pope.— Destroyed in Texas 
as carriers of cattle disease. Cf. also No. 10. 
Blue-Bird. VIII, No. 8. September, 1916. 
An Experience with the Winter Wren. By C. J. Stanwood.— An 
admirable study of the nesting and rearing of the young. 
The Wilson Bulletin. XXVIII, No. 1. March, 1916. 
1 Decrease of Birds in South Carolina. By Belle Williams. Bull. 47, Univ. of South 
Carolina, Columbia, S. C. August, 1916, pp. 1-69. 
