"^'"i'qS^^I ^^^^"* Literature. 493 



journey was to collect the mammals of the region, considerable attention 

 was given to the birds, as attested by the present list of 93 species collected 

 or observed during the trip, inainly in Grand, Routt, and Eagle counties. 

 Among the interesting records is that of a small colony of Bobolinks 

 {Dolichonyx oryzirorus) at Steamboat Springs, in the eastern part of 

 Routt County. — J. A. A. 



Howell on Winter Birds of Northern Louisiana.' — This is a briefly 

 annotated list of about 70 species and subspecies, and adds 7 to the list 

 of Louisiana birds. It is especially welcome as furnishing definite informa- 

 tion respecting the distribution and abundance of the winter birds of a 

 little known district. — J. A. A. 



Birds of Yellowstone Park. — In the Annual Report of the Superintend- 

 ent of the Yellowstone Park for 1907 (pp. 15-23) Dr. T. S. Palmer con- 

 tributes the results of his observations on the birds of Yellowstone Park 

 made during parts of August and September, 1907. There are formal 

 notes on about seventy species. Suggestions are made for the increase 

 and better protection of the birds about the hotels and permanent camps 

 by the prohibition of cats and by providing nesting boxes and shallow 

 pans of water where the birds can bathe and drink. — J. A. A. 



Carriker on New Birds from Costa Rica.^ — The new species are Formi - 

 carius castarieiceps and Sporophila crissalis, and seven other species are 

 recorded for the first time from Costa Rica. — J. A. A. 



Mrs. Miller's 'The Bird Our Brother.' — The purpose of the present 

 work ^ is eminently commendable, and its selections are in the main from 

 excellent sources, for it is mainly composed of extracts from a multitude 

 of writers, woven together with such comment as Mrs. Miller's wide ex- 

 periences with birds and her sympathies suggest. The book is a popular 

 exposition of bird traits "intended solely for the 'general reader'.. . .It is 

 simply an earnest attempt .... to present him [the bird] as an individual, 

 a fellow pilgrim in this fair world of ours." It consists of fourteen chapters, 

 treating of ' individuality,' ' intelligence,' ' language,' ' altruism,' ' education,' 

 'affection,' 'courtship,' 'home,' 'amusements,' 'means of defense and 

 attack,' 'odd ways,' 'equipment,' 'usefulness to us,' and 'conclusion.' 

 These headings will serve to give a general idea of the method of treatment, 



1 Notes on the Winter Birds of Northern Louisiana. By Arthur H. Howell. 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washingrton, Vol. XXI, pp. 119-124, April 11, 1908. 



2 Brief Descriptions of some new Species of Birds from Costa Rica and a record 

 •of some Species not hitherto recorded from that Country. By M. A. Carriker, Jr. 

 Ann. Carnegie Museum, Vol. IV, pp. 301, 302, April 1, 1908. 



3 The Bird Our Brother i A Contribution | to the Study of the Bird 1 as He is in 

 Life I By | Olive Thorne Miller i [Seal] Boston and New York | Houghton, Mifflin 

 rand Company I The Riverside Press, Cambridge i 1908 — 16 mo., pp. xii + 331. 

 .$1.25 net. 



