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Henshaw on American Game Birds. 1 — This paper follows exactly the 

 plan of two earlier publications on ' Common Birds of Town and Country ' 

 which appeared previously in the ' National Geographic Magazine,' the 

 one having been originally issued as a bulletin of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. There are 72 colored illustrations from original paintings 

 by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Of these 16 represent gallinaceous birds, 28 

 geese and ducks, 17 waders, 3 pigeons and doves and 8 cranes and rails, 

 but as several species often appear together the total number treated is 

 nearly 100. The text presents the range of each species and a brief account 

 of its habits. Only those familiar with the cost of producing the high 

 grade of colored illustrations here presented will appreciate the expense to 

 which the ' National Geographic Magazine ' has gone hi producing this 

 series of portraits of North American birds; while the educational value 

 of the undertaking, in bringing this mass of ornithological information to 

 thousands of homes that would not otherwise obtain it, is impossible to 

 estimate. — W. S. 



Taverner on The Double-crested Cormorant and Its Relation to 

 the Salmon Industry. 2 — In this pamphlet Mr. Taverner presents the 

 results of an investigation of the food of the Cormorants at Perce Village 

 and Gaspe basin, Quebec, undertaken during the summer of 1914. In- 

 cidentally much interesting information on the nesting of the birds is 

 presented, while the food habits are treated at considerable length. It 

 was found that, during the period of observation at least, the Cormorants 

 feed on other species of fish and do not molest the Salmon, while evidence 

 collected inclined the writer to regard them as entirely blameless of this 

 charge. They do however inconvenience the fisherman, when herring 

 are scarce, by stealing the few which they catch for bait. The fishing 

 clubs of the vicinity we learn offer bounties of 25 cents per head for Cor- 

 morants, Shelldrakes, Kingfishers and Divers and $2. for a Kingfisher's 

 nest with the female bird! Mr. Taverner's paper is an interesting and 

 valuable contribution. — W. S. 



Shufeldt on the Osteology of the Limpkin and Stone Plover. 3 — 



In two detailed and fully illustrated papers Dr. Shufeldt describes the 

 skeletons of these two birds and compares them with those of related 

 groups. The Limpkin he regards as affiliated more closely with the Rails 



1 American Game Birds. By Henry W. Henshaw. National Geographic 

 Magazine XXVIII. No. 2. August, 1915. pp. 105-158. 



2 The Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocomx auritus) and its Relation to 

 the Salmon Industries on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. By P. A. Taverner. Canada 

 Dept. of Miries. Museum Bulletin, No. 13. April 30, 1915. pp. 1-24 



3 On the Comparative Osteology of the Limpkin (Aramus vociftrus) and its 

 Place in the System. By R. W. Shufeldt. Anatomical Record, Vol. 9, No. 8. 

 August, 1915. pp. 591-606. 



On the Comparative Osteology of Orthorhamphus magnirostris (the Long- 

 billed Stone Plover). By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. Emu, XV, Part 1, July 1, 1915.. 

 pp. 1-25. 



