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to water-trough as tame as London sparrows. The first Merganser 

 {Mergus serrator) we had seen this year rose near the shore as we rowed 

 in from the ship. Except these and a stray Herring-Gull the place was a 

 desert to-daj as far as bird-life was concerned. We could hardly expect 

 it to be otherwise when the whole country, except the Shore-Larks' patch, 

 was buried under two or three feet of snow ! And this on the 2nd of 

 June." 



The first three chapters (pp. 1-169) contain the narrative of the three 

 expeditions; the fourth (pp. 170-192) gives a history of Saint Triphon's 

 Monastery, founded about 1532; Appendix I (pp. 192-201) is a tabular 

 list of 182 species of birds observed by the author and others, the table 

 giving twelve different stations. A second appendix (pp. 202-209) relates 

 to food and equipment, giving not only lists of foods, clothing, imple- 

 ments, etc., required, but much practical advice as to outfit and camp 

 arrangements. Of the 68 excellent half-tone plates, about one third are 

 ornithological, the rest being views of the country and its Lapp inhabi- 

 tants and their mode of life. — J. A. A. 



Jacobs's ' The Haunts of the Golden-winged Warbler.' — In this small 

 brochure' Mr. Jacobs gives the results of his studies of the Golden-winged 

 Warbler {Hebninikop/iila chrysoftera), wliich he has found to be a com- 

 mon breeding bird at Wainsburg, Pa., where he has made it the subject 

 of special observation for the last dozen years or more. He describes in 

 detail and illustrates its favorite haunts, and its nest and eggs. Its 

 nesting habits and eggs are very fully described ; in nineteen nests the 

 number of eggs ranged from three to six, the prevailing number being 

 four. The period of incubation appears to be about ten days, and in ten 

 days more the young are able to leave the nest. — J. A. A. 



Scott on the Rearing of Wild Finches by Foster-parents of other Spe- 

 cies.- — Experiments were made by placing the eggs of Song Sparrows 

 {Melospiza melodia). Field Sparrows {Spizella pusilld). Yellow-winged 

 Sparrows {Cotuniictilus sat'anftarum passert'nus), Cowbirds {Molothrus 

 ater), and Bobolinks (Dolickonyx oryzivortis) under canaries, by which 

 they were hatched and the young carefully nursed. In the case of the 

 young Song Sparrows, though solicitously attended by the hen canary, 



1 Gleanings No. III. The Haunts of the Golden-winged Warbler. 

 {Hehntnt/iophila chrysoptera.) With Notes on Migration, Nest-building, 

 Song, Food, Young, Eggs, etc. Illustrated. By J. Warren Jacobs, Waynes- 

 burg, Pa., Independent Printing Company. 1904. 8vo. pp. 30, 5 half-tone 

 plates and a color chart. 



'^An Account of Some Experiments in Rearing Wild Finches by Foster- 

 parent Birds. By W. E. D. Scott, Science, N. S., Vol. XIX, No. 483, pp. 

 551-554, April I, 1904. 



