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investigate problems of nomenclature. Some of them will probably be 

 adopted and many of them rejected. Dr. Oberholser does not " propose " 

 them for adoption but is simply listing them. In the reviewer's opinion we 

 should adopt in our lists of North American birds the nomenclature of the 

 A. O. U. 'Check-List' until a new edition appears, the names we use then 

 have a meaning to those who constitute the great majority of our readers, 

 i therwise they do not. This is, however, an explanation and not a criti- 

 , , as Mr. Harris has properly and consistently used the A. O. U. ' Check- 

 List ' names as his main headings. — W. S. 



Baileys' ' Wild Animals of Glacier National Park.' — This excellent 

 publication l of the National Park Service gives us an authoritative account 

 of the birds and mammals of one of the most interesting of the National 

 Parks. Mr. Bailey, Chief Field Naturalist of the Biological Survey, has 

 prepared a most interesting account of the mammals, treating of their habits 

 and distribution, largely from his own extensive experience. The bird 

 portion by Mrs. Bailey, the well known author of the ' Handbook of the 

 Birds of the Western United States,' is equally well done and places the 

 visitor to the park in possession of just the information that he will desire 

 in order to add to the interest of his trip and to place him in the position 

 of knowing which of his observations may be worthy of permanent record. 

 The keys for identification and the numerous half-tone illustrations from the 

 authors' ' Handbook ' and the publications of the U. S. Biological Survey, 

 add greatly to the practical value of the report as well as to its attractiveness. 

 The work, however, is much more than an ornithological guidebook, for 

 Mrs. Bailey has consulted all the literature on the region as well as unpub- 

 lished data and has thus compiled a ieport that is a valuable contribution 

 to American ornithological literature, reminding one in many respects of 

 the early faunal reports of the Biological Survey published under the direc- 

 tion of her brother, Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 



We only hope that the success of this publication may warrant the 

 Government in preparing similar reports upon the fauna of the other 

 National Parks for many of which, curiously enough, we have scarcely any 

 ornithological publications. Such a report as this on the mammals and 

 birds of the Grand Canon or the Yosemite would be a most welcome vol- 

 ume. — W. S. 



Moseley's ' Trees, Stars and Birds.' — This novel little book : has 



i Wild Animals of Glacier National Park. The Mammals, with Notes on Physiography 

 and Life Zones. By Vernon Bailey. The Birds, by Florence Merriam Bailey. Dept. of the 

 Interior, National Park Service, Washington. 1918. Government Printing Office. 8vo, 

 pp. 1-210, numerous illustrations. Price 50 cents, apply Supt. Documents, Govt. Print- 

 ing Office. 



2 Trees, Stars and Birds. A Book of Outdoor Science by Edwin Lincoln Moseley, 

 A. M. Illustrated in colors from paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and with photographs 

 and drawings. World Book Company, Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York, 1919, pp. i-viii + 

 1-404, + i-xvi, over 300 illustrations. Price, $1.40. 



