loo Recent Literature. Uan. 



Birds' and 'Forest Birds,' and under these some fifty species are discussed 

 in the author's well known attractive style, while the two plates contain 

 sixty-three figures. The book represents a clever idea well carried out. 

 The publishers state that the present edition is designed especially for 

 school use and is to be followed by another, more profusely illustrated for 

 the general reader. — W. S. 



The Ornithological Journals. 



Bird-Lore. XX, No. 5. September-October, 1918. 



The Oven-bird in Minnesota. By Thomas S. Roberts, M. D. — -An 

 admirable popular account with photographic reproductions of nests. 



A Day's Sport with the Red-backs and Greater Yellow-legs. By Verdi 

 Burtch. — With good photographs of both species. 



Some Notes on the Ruffed Grouse. By H. E. Tuttle. 



The Horned Larks form the subject for the articles of Migration and 

 Plumages by Drs. Oberholser and Chapman respectively, with a plate by 

 Fuertes illustrating five of the twenty-three races covered by the text. 



Bird-Lore, XX, No. 6, November-December, 1918. 



Notes from a Traveler in the Tropics. By Frank M. Chapman. — Dr. 

 Chapman, who is on a mission to South America for the American Red 

 Cross, describes the county through which he passed and the bird-life 

 which he encounters en route. The first installment covers the coast- 

 line trip to Cuba with illustrations of the Man-o'-war Bird and the Ani 

 by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 



When the North Wind Blows. By A. A. Allen.— Winter Bird-life at 

 ' Ithaca, N. Y., with excellent illustrations from photographs by the author. 



Homeland and the Birds. By Mabel Osgood Wright. — A plea for 

 special efforts at bird protection during the war. 



A Wild Duck Trap. By Verdi Burtch. — Caught by the freezing ice 

 on the harbor at Branchport in a small open area where they starve to 

 death. 



The papers on plumage and migration treat of the Magpies, and two 

 thirds of the number are taken up with the annual report of the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies. 



The Condor. XX, No. 5. September-October, 1918. 



Notes on the Nesting of the Mountain Plover. By W. C. Bradbury. — 

 A study of the bird at a spot some twenty miles east of Denver, Colo., 

 with numerous excellent illustrations from photographs. 



Frank Stephens — An Autobiography.— A valuable historical article 

 with portrait. 



Evidence that Many Birds Remain Mated for Life. By F. C. Willard. — 

 The evidence is mainly the fact that pairs of birds built in the same situa- 

 tions year after year. The author admits that it is not conclusive and to an 

 unprejudiced mind such facts would seem to point rather to the fact that 

 one of the pair returned to the same spot in successive years. Bird- 



