o42 Recent Literature. iJuly 



posed Regulations for the Protection of Migratory Birds.' This follows 

 the plan of its predecessor issued three years ago, but is less complicated, 

 the open seasons having been changed so as to require fewer exceptions, 

 and coincide with requests from sportsmen in various sections. This sched- 

 ule should be carefully studied by all interested in game bird preservation. 



' Bird Notes and News ' shows that interest in bird protection in England 

 continues in spite of the war while several articles treat of birds observed 

 in France, in the trenches, and at Gallipoli. 



Mr. Forbush's ' Eighth Annual Report ' as State Ornithologist of 

 Massachasetts is as usual replete with interesting facts and attractive 

 illustrations. — W. S. 



The Dissemination of Virginia Creeper seeds by English Spar- 

 rows. — Under a title substantially the foregoing, Bartle T. Harvey, in a 

 recent number of The Plant World ' describes observations on the point 

 specified which he made in Colorado. Seeds gathered from excrement 

 beneath an English Sparrow roost, gave a higher percentage of germination 

 and produced stronger seedlings than others gathered directly from the 

 plant. On fifty square feet of ground under the roost, 70 Virginia Creeper 

 seedlings were found. The writer concludes, therefore, that under certain 

 circumstances the English Sparrow may be an important agent in the dis- 

 semination of Virginia Creeper seeds. For further information on birds 

 that feed on Virginia Creeper see ' The Auk,' Vol. 23, No. 3, July, 1906, 

 pp. 346-347.— W. L. M. 



- The Ornithological Journals, 



Bird-Lore. XVII, No. 2. March-April, 1916. 



The World's Record for Density of Bird Population. By Gilbert H. 

 Grosvenor. — Fifty-nine pairs of birds nesting on one acre (12 species), 

 including 26 pairs of Martins and 14 of House Wrens. 



The Spring Migration of 1915 at Raleigh, N. C. By S. C. Bruner and 

 C. S. Brimley. — Species arriving up to April 10, were 5 to 14 days late. 



First Efforts at Bird Photography. By H. I. Hartshorn. 



The Interesting Barn Owl. By J. W. Lippincott. 



The Migration of North American Birds. — Bush-Tits, etc. By W. W. 

 Cooke — With plumage notes by F. M. Chapman and colored plate by 

 Fuertes. 



Bird Lore. XVIII, No. 3. May- June, 1916. 



The Chipping Sparrow. By Newton Miller. 



A Domestic Tragedy. By Julia Moesel. — Cowbird in Blue-headed 

 Vireo's Nest. 



1 Vol. 18, No. 8, August, 1915, pp. 217-219. 



