124 Recent Literature. [j an . 



A Survey of the Breeding Grounds of Ducks in California in 1914. By 

 H. C. Bryant. — -A valuable summary of careful field investigations under- 

 taken in the interest of game conservation. The evidence shows conclu- 

 sively that the breeding ducks of the State are decreasing owing to the 

 reclamation of marsh lands and excessive shooting. 



A Method of Cleaning Skulls and Disarticulated Skeletons. By F. H. 

 Holden. — A valuable taxidermical contribution. 



The Wilson Bulletin. 1 Vol. XXVI, No. 3. September, 1914. 



The Prothonotary Warbler at Lake Okoboji, Iowa. By T. C. Stephens. 



Habits of the Old-Squaw (Harelda hyemalis) in Jackson Park, Chicago. 

 By Edwin D. Hull. 



The Kentucky Warbler in Columbiana County [Ohio]. By H. W. 

 Wersgerber. 



Spring Migration (1914) at Houston, Texas. By George Finlay Sim- 

 mons. 



The Pine Siskin Breeding in Iowa. By W. J. Hayward and T. C. 

 Stephens. 



The Oologist. 2 Vol. XXXII, No. 9. September 15, 1914. 



Fall Migration of the Olive-backed Thrush, 1912. By Paul G. Hawes.— 

 While Prof. W. W. Cooke has shown in his various papers that observations 

 at one locality only, throw but little light upon the direction of migration as 

 a whole, and that temperature has but little to do with the problem, never- 

 theless Mr. Hawes will find that his theory corresponds with the migration 

 route of the Olive-backed Thrush as worked out carefully by Prof. Cooke 

 from abundant data some ten years ago (see Auk, 1905, p. 1). One may 

 be pardoned for wondering how the birds mentioned by Mr. Hawes as 

 flying 150-200 feet overhead without stopping could be positively identified 

 specifically. 



The Oologist. Vol. XXXII, No. 11. November 15, 1914. 



A List of Birds Observed in the Big Hole Basin, Montana. By E. R. 

 Forrest. 



Blue-Bird. 3 Vol. VII, No. 1. October, 1914. 



The White Ibis. By O. E. Baynard. Excellent illustrations. 



Blue-Bird. Vol. VII, No. 2. November, 1914. 



Bird Friends in a City Back Yard. By L. S. Loveland, Lincoln, Nebraska. 



The Black Vulture. By O. E. Baynard.— In Florida. 



The Ibis. 4 X Series. Vol. II, No. 4. October, 1914. 



On Herodias eulophotes Swinhoe. By Tom Iredale. 



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