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ornithological, but birds of varied and striking types form a promi- 

 nent feature of the illustrations and text. The illustrations are excellent 

 reproductions of photographs from life and are exceedingly attractive and 

 instructive, in many instances there being little to suggest that the sub- 

 jects were captives. The text is brief, but sufficient to give the reader a 

 good idea of the bird or mammal illustrated, its leading traits, affinities 

 and distribution being generally indicated. 



The birds include Laughing and other Gulls, various species of Herons, 

 Storks, Flamingoes, Cranes, Geese, Pelicans, Hawks and Eagles. The 

 mammals, for the most part, are the large and more striking forms of 

 ruminants. The work will be of especial interest and value to artists and 

 taxidermists. There is apparently nothing, however, to indicate that the 

 work is a translation and republication of a work of similar title recently 

 issued in Berlin, but the fact of its previous appearance in German will 

 not make it any the less welcome or valuable to English readers. — J. A. A. 



Mrs. Bignell's ' Mr. Chupes and Miss Jenny.' ' — Mrs. Bignell's little 

 book is dedicated "To the Audubon Societies, in Recognition of Their 

 Work in the Cause of Bird Protection," and this dedication in a measure 

 gives the key to the book. It is not only a biography of two Robins that 

 came into the author's possession, but contains incidentally comment on 

 a wide range of topics connected more or less with the relation of man to 

 animate nature. The first captive, 'Mr. Chupes,' was an unfortu- 

 nate baby robin that had fallen from the nest, and had been somewhat 

 injured by the fall, and afterward reared and cared for by its kind captor, 

 with whom it lived for five years, displaying a surprising degree of affec- 

 tion for its mistress, and a marvelous amount of intelligence under varied 

 conditions of environment. The second of the two pets, ' Miss Jenny,' 

 was rescued from a baker's establishment, in a very bedraggled and dilap- 

 idated condition. Under more congenial surroundings and intelligent 

 care she soon recovered her health and a proper, tidy appearance, and for 

 years was the inseparable companion of ' Mr. Chupes.' The history of 

 these two pet birds is a revelation of the mental traits and capabilities of 

 two individuals of the same species as diverse in temperament and behav- 

 ior as would be looked for in birds of the most distant genetic relationship. 

 Although Mrs. Bignell's history of the behavior of these two birds under 



Explanatory Remarks by Dr. L. Heck, Director of the Berlin Zoological 

 Gardens. The Saalfield Publishing Co., New York, Akron, O., and Chicago. 

 Oblong folio, pp. 196, illustrated title page and about 200 half-tone illustra- 

 tions in the text. 



1 Mr. Chupes and Miss Jenny | The Life Story | of Two Robins | By 

 I Effie Bignell | New York | The Baker and Taylor Company | 33-37 East 

 Seventeenth Street, New York, 1901] | i2mo, pp. 1-250, with S full-page 

 half-tone plates. 



