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courtship must be extremely interesting to see. The prominent part that 

 the elaborate ruff and ear tufts play, and the ways in which they may be 

 displayed and contrasted are important to know. As our American grebes 

 no doubt go through the same or similar performances this paper is one 

 with which American ornithologists should familiarize themselves. 



Publications Received. — Bailey, Florence Merriam. Handbook of 

 Birds of the Western United States. Fourth Edition, revised. Houghton 

 Mifflin Co. 1914. Price $3.50 net. (Postpaid $3.69.) 



Bryant, Harold C. A Survey of the Breeding Grounds of Ducks in 

 California in 1914. (The Condor, XVI, No. 5, Sept. 15, 1914.) 



Chapman, Frank M. Diagnoses of apparently new Colombian Birds. 

 III. (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXIII, Art. XL, pp. 603-637, 

 Nov. 21, 1914.) 



Cooke, Wells W. Distribution and Migration of North American 

 Rails and their Allies. (Bull. U. S. Dept. Agriculture, No. 128, Sept. 25, 

 1914.) 



Curtis, Maynie R. Factors Influencing the Size, Shape and Physical 

 Constitution of the Egg of the Domestic Fowl. (Ann. Rept. Maine Agr. 

 Exper. Sta. for 1914, pp. 105-136.) 



Dearborn, Ned. Bird Houses and How to Build Them. (U. S. Dept. 

 of Agr., Farmers' Bulletin 609. Sept. 11, 1914.) 



Gurney, J. H. (1) The Gannetry at " The Stack," Orkney Islands. 

 (The Ibis, Oct. 1914, pp. 631-634). (2) Are Gannets Destructive Birds? 

 (Irish Naturalist, Oct. 1914.) 



Ingersoll, Ernest. Alaskan Bird Life as Depicted by Many Writers. 

 Nat. Asso. Aud. Soc. New York, 1914. 



Kennard, Frederic H. A List of Trees, Shrubs, Vines, and Herbaceous 

 Plants, Native to New England, Bearing Fruit or Seeds Attractive to 

 Birds. (Bird-Lore, XIV, No. 4, July-Aug., 1912.) 



Mcllhenny, Edward A. The Wild Turkey and its Hunting. Double- 

 day, Page & Co. 1914. Price, $2.50 net. 



Mathews, Gregory M. The Birds of Australia. Vol. IV, Part 1. 

 4°, pp. 1-80, pll. 200-209. London, Witherby & Co. Oct. 6, 1914. 



Palmer, T. S., Bancroft, W. F., and Earnshaw, Frank L. Game Laws 

 for 1914. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 628, Oct. 20, 1914.) 



Pearl, Raymond. (1) Studies on the Physiology of Reproduction in the 

 Domestic Fowl. VII, Data Regarding the Brooding Instinct in its Relation 

 to Egg Production. (Jour. Anim. Behavior, IV, No. 4, pp. 266-288, 

 July-Aug., 1914.) (2) Improving Egg Production by Breeding. (Ann. 

 Rept. Maine Agr. Exper. Sta. for 1914, pp. 217-236. (3) The Measure- 

 ment of Changes in the Rate of Fecundity of the Individual FowL (Science, 

 XL, No. 1028, pp. 383-384, Sept. 11, 1914.) 



Pearl, Raymond and Surface, Frank M. A Biometrical Study of Egg 

 Production in the Domestic Fowl. III. Variation and Correlation in the 

 Physical Characters of the Egg. (U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, BuU. 110, pt. Ill, July 31, 1914.) 



