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Job's 'Wild Wings.* 1 — Mr. Job needs no introduction to ornitholo- 

 gists nor to the general public, either as a 'camera-hunter' or a field 

 student of birds. To say, therefore, that the present work will add both 

 to his prestige and to our knowledge of the larger wild birds of North 

 America is no light commendation of his latest contribution to popular 

 ornithology. ' Wild Wings ' consists of four parts, each with a number 

 of chapters according to the character of the subject matter. Part I is 

 entitled ' Adventurings in Florida Waters,' and contains five chapters, as 

 follows : (1) ' Cities of the Brown Pelicans ' (Pelican Island, east coast of 

 Florida) ; (2) ' Following Audubon among the Florida Keys ' (contrasting 

 present conditions with those witnessed by Audubon in 1832) ; (3) ' In 

 the Cape Sable Wilderness'; (4) 'The Great Cuthbert Rookery' (the 

 scene of the Cuthbert massacre of Egrets about 1S90 revisited, with pho- 

 tographs from life of Wood and White Ibises, Cormorants, Anhingas, 

 and Herons); (5) ' On Lonely Bird Key ' (Bird Key, with Audubon remi- 

 niscences and present conditions). Part II, ' Other Wanderings South,' 

 contains: (6) 'Scavengers of the South' (Turkey Buzzards and Black 

 Vultures) ; (7) ' Virginia Bird Homes on Beach and Marsh ' (the summer 

 bird-life of Cobb*s Island) : (8) ' The Egret, in Nature and Fashion ' 

 (Egrets in life, with a resume of the results and revolting barbarities of 

 the millinery trade in aigrettes). Part III, ' The Sea, The Sea,' contains : 

 (9) 'To Bird Rock in an open Boat ' (Bird Rock in the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence and its sea-bird rookeries); (10) Amid Spruces and Sea-girt 

 Islands' (southeastern Nova Scotia and adjacent islands); (11) 'Off 

 Chatham Bars' (with the sea-birds oft Cape Cod, Mass.). Part IV, 'The 

 Elusive Shore-Birds,' contains: (12) 'The Shore Patrol' (Plovers and 

 Sandpipers); (13) 'Northward with the Shore-Bird Host' (experiences 

 on the Magdalen Islands and coast of Labrador) ; (14) ' Shore-Bird Loi- 

 terers ' (chiefly about Turnstones, Wilson's Plovers and Willets). Part 

 V, ' Raptors and Forest Fastnesses," has: (15) 'The New Sport of "Hawk- 

 ing '" (with the camera — nests and eggs of various species of hawks) ; 

 (17) 'Owl Secrets' (their nesting habits); (18) 'Adventures with Great 

 Horned Owls.' 



The above synopsis of the contents of 'Wild Wings' leaves little to 

 add, except to say that the author's enthusiasm, endurance of hardship, 

 and perseverance, added to skill with the camera and experience in wooii- 



1 Wild Wings | Adventures of a Camera-Hunter among the larger | Wild 

 Birds of North America on Sea and Land | By | Herbert Keightley Job | 

 Author of "Among the Water-fowl," | Member of the American Ornitholo 

 gists' Union, etc. | With an Introductory Letter | by Theodore Roosevelt | 

 With one hundred and sixty illus- | trations after photographs from life | by 

 the Author | Houghton Mifflin & Company | Boston and New York | The 

 Riverside Press Cambridge — 8vo, pp. xxviii + 342, 160 half-tone cuts and 

 plates, illustrated titlepage. $3.00 net. Published May, 1905. 



