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or island group. Mr. Ogawa is unfortunate in not designating type speci- 

 mens and definite type localities for his new species, an oversight which 

 may cause confusion in the future. 



Van Name, W. G. Bird Collecting and Ornithology. (Science, June 

 4, 1915.) — A reply to J. Grinnell's ' Conserve the Collector.' 



Sumner, F. B. Some Reasons for Saving the Genus. (Science, June 

 IS, 1915.) — This and the following are directly in line with an editorial 

 note in the July issue of ' The Auk.' 



Van Name, W. G. Losing the Advantages of the Binomial System of 

 Nomenclature. (Science, August 6, 1915.) 



Oregon Sportsman. April to June. Contains excellent colored plates 

 of western game birds by Brooks and Horsfall with descriptive text by 

 W. L. Finley. 



Forbush, E. H. The Starling. (Circular 45, Mass. State Board of 

 Agriculture.) — An historical and economic account of the species. 



Brooks, Earle A. Forty Common Birds of West Virginia. (Arbor and 

 Bird Day Manual, Dept. Free Schools, Charleston, W. Va., March 26, 

 1915.) 



Publications Received. — Baker, Dr. Frank. The National Zoologi- 

 cal Park and Its Inhabitants. (Smithsonian Report for 1914, pp. 44.5-478, 

 pll. 1-41.) 



Baynes, Ernest Harold. Wild Bird Guests. E. P. Dutton & Co., 

 New York, Svo, 1915, pp. 326. $2.00 net. 



Brooks, Earl A. Forty Common Birds of West Virginia. (Arbor and 

 Bird Day Manual. Department of Schools, Charleston, W. Va., March 

 26, 1915.) 



Burns, PYank L. Comparative Periods of Deposition and Incubation 

 of Some North American Birds. (Wilson Bull. No. 90, pp. 277-286, 

 March, 1915.) 



Chapman, Frank M. Descriptions of Proposed New Birds from Cen- 

 tral and South America. (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. XXXIV, 

 Art, XI, pp. 363-388. May 27, 1915.) 



Cole, Leon J. and Kirkpatrick, W. F. Sex Ratios in Pigeons, together 

 with Observations on the Laying, Incubation and Hatching of the Eggs. 

 (Bull. 162, Agr. Exper. Sta. R. I. State Coll., April, 1915.) 



Cooke, Wells W. (1)' Bird Migration. (Bull. 185, U. S. Dept, Agr., 

 April 17, 1915.) (2) Our Shore birds and their P'uture. (Yearbook 

 U. S. Dept. Agr., 1914, pp. 275-294.) 



Cory, Charles B. Notes on South American Birds, with Descriptions 

 of New Subspecies. (Publ. 183, Field Mus. Nat. Hist, Ornith. Series, I, 

 No. 9, pp._303-335, Aug. 7, 1915.) 



Dall, Wm. H. Spencer Fullerton Baird, a Biography. Svo, pp. i-xvi + 

 1-462, 19 illustrations. 1915. $3.50 net. 



Edmanson. Bird Homes Catalogue. E. E. Edmanson & Co., 124 

 So. Norton St., Chicago, 111. 



