498 Recent Literature. oon 
upon grubs, one may appreciate the vast numbers of grubs that they 
consume.” 
The authors of a bulletin on ‘Grasshoppers and their Control,’ in South 
Dakota recognize the importance of the bird enemies of these pests. They 
say:! ‘Practically all birds which feed in fields infested with grass- 
hoppers, include these insects in their bill of fare, but the following are the 
most useful in this respect: prairie chickens, quails or bob whites, meadow 
larks, Franklin gulls, all species of plovers, sparrow hawks, marsh hawks, 
red-winged blackbirds, yellow-headed blackbirds, purple grackles, crows, 
screech owls, burrowing owls, robins and several kinds of sparrows. Chick- 
ens and turkeys when present in sufficient numbers, also aid in checking 
an outbreak of hoppers.” — W. L. M. 
Report of the Biological Division of the Canadian Geological 
Survey for 1916.2— Besides the report on museum accessions and activi- 
ties there are to be found in this volume an account of a reconnaissance in 
Barkley Sound, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, by Clyde L. 
Patch, with an annotated list of the birds obtained — 37 species — by P. 
A. Taverner. Mr. Taverner also has a list of 103 species obtained at 
Brackendale, Lillooet and McGillivray Creek, B. C., by C. H. Young and 
W. Spreadborough, and another account of a collection of 33 species made 
by C. H. Young, at Douglas, Manitoba. In the same report Dr. R. M. 
Anderson has an account of the work of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 
of 1914-1916, with an annotated list covering 61 species of birds. All 
these lists are termed ‘‘preliminary.” — W. 5. 
The Ornithological Journals. 
Bird-Lore. XIX, No. 4. July-August, 1917. 
Children of the Midnight Sun. By Joseph Dixon.— An illustrated 
account of the breeding habits of the Semipalmated Sandpiper on the 
Arctic coast of Alaska. 
The Giant Bird Diatryma. By Walter Granger. 
The Schuylkill Heronries. By Frank L. Burns.— An historical account 
of the Night Heron rookeries north of Philadelphia and the constant 
persecution and wanton destruction which has almost exterminated them. 
The Educational Leaflet treats of the Phaebe, with a colored plate by 
Sawyer. 
The Condor. XIX, No.3. May-June, 1917. 
The Home Life of the Baird Sandpiper. By Joseph Dixon.— Another 
study on the Arctic coast of Alaska, with illustrations. 
1 Bull. 172, S. D. Agr. Exp. Sta., February, 1917, p. 565. 
2Summary Report of the Geological Survey, Department of Mines for the Calendar 
Year 1916, Ottawa, 1917. pp. 337-386. 
