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these! consists of popular economic accounts of twenty-three of the most 
common birds of the southeastern states with especial emphasis on those 
species which destroy the cotton boll weavil. Another? tells how to 
attract birds in the northwestern states. It is a reprint of similar bulletins 
for other sections of the country with a different list of fruit trees and 
shrubs. 
Still another * deals with the care and breeding of Canaries and seems 
rather outside of the regular activities of the Department though if it tends 
to do away with the caging of native birds where this is still permitted: by 
law it will serve a good purpose.— W. S. 
The Ornithological Journals. 
Bird-Lore. XVIII, No. 6. November—December, 1916. 
Winter Bird Photography. By C. F. Stone. 
Dick, the Sandhill Crane. By Florence M. Bailey. 
Observations on Woodpeckers. By W. O. Doolittle. 
A House Wren Record. -By Hubert Prescott.— Tabulation of food. 
A colored plate by Fuertes, illustrates several species of Wrens, while 
the Educational Leaflet treats of the Black-necked Stilt. 
The Annual Report of the National Association of Audubon Societies, 
makes up the bulk of the number (see p. 231). 
Bird-Lore. XIX, No. 1. January-February, 1917. 
Birds in the War-Zone. By Major Allan Brooks. 
A Condor’s Quill. By F. M. Chapman.— Trapping the birds in the 
Andes. 
An Effective Feeding Device. By J.C. Lee. 
The colored plate illustrates the Thrashers and the Educational Leaflet 
covers the English Sparrow. 
The usual Christmas Bird Census is issued in this number. 
The Condor. XVIII, No.6. November—December, 1916. 
Some Results of a Winter’s Observations in Arizona. By A. B. Howell. 
Meeting Spring Half Way. By Florence M. Bailey. 
Nesting of the Leconte Thrasher. By J. R. Pemberton. 
The San Domingo Grebe in Bexar County, Texas. By R. W. Quillin 
and R. Holleman. 
More Summer Birds for San Francisco County. By M.8. Ray.— Fifty- 
six species added to his previous list. 
1Common Birds of the Southeastern United States in Relation to Agriculture. By 
F. E. L. Beal, W. L. McAtee, and E. R. Kalmbach. Farmers’ Bulletin, 755. October 26, 
1916. 
2 How to Attract Birds in the Northeastern United States. By W. L. McAtee.” Farm- 
ers’ Bulletin, 760. October 16, 1916. 
3 Canaries: Their Care and Management. By Alexander Wetmore. Farmers’ Bulletin 
770. December, 1916. 
