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trip with Indians through the "coastal wilderness," via little-known rivers 

 and creeks. Two chaptei's are given to jungle life on Aremu River, the 

 locality of the gold mine already mentioned. A concluding chapter is 

 devoted to the coast savannas, vmder the title, 'The Life of the Abary 

 Savannas.' Supplemental matter in appendices is a classified list of the 

 birds observed, the 161 species being numbered and referred to in the text 

 only by their vernacular names with a reference by numbers to the list, 

 in lieu of burdening the text with the frequent repetition of technical 

 names. There is also a list of native Guianan names of birds, and a list 

 of the moths and some other insects collected in Guiana, "as far as they 

 had been determined" when the book was sent to press. The principal 

 ornithological results of the trip to Venezuela have been set forth in two 

 special papers entitled respectively, 'A Contribution to the Ecology of the 

 Adult Hoatzin,' and 'An Ornithological Reconnaissance of Northeastern 

 Venezuela,' published late in December, 1909.' 



Mr. Beebe was accompanied on his Guiana trip by Mr. Lee S. Crandall 

 of the New York Zoological Park, by whose aid nearly three hundred living 

 birds were brought back to the Park, representing fifty-one species, besides 

 many small mammals and reptiles, mostly new to the collection. 



Mr. and Mrs. Beebe are both, temperamentally and otherwise, well fitted 

 for exploration in tropical forests and jungles; that they are enthusiasts 

 in this line of field work, and well-equipped for making good use of their 

 opportunities, is evidenced not only by their ' Our Search for a Wilderness,' 

 but by their earlier 'Two Bird Lovers in Mexico,' with which doubtless 

 many readers of 'The Auk' are already familiar. But the later work far 

 excels the former one in interest, as regards both the scenes visited and the 

 information conveyed. The tale is simply and enthusiastically, and hence 

 fascinatingl}', related, and contains much that is wholly new or reported 

 from a new view point. Their keen interest and admiration seem to have 

 been almost equally awakened by all forms of invertebrate as well as 

 vertebrate life, and by plant life as well, and they appear to have been con- 

 stantly impressed by the abundant examples of "protective form or colora- 

 tion" met with at every turn. The profusion of excellent illustrations add 

 greatly to the value and interest of this exceedingly attractive book. — 

 J. A. A. 



Festa's 'In Darien and in Ecuador.' - — Dr. Enrico Festa left Italy early 

 in 1895 on a natural history expedition to Ecuador, but owing to a revolu- 

 tion then in progress in that country was obliged to wait for some months 

 for the return of more favorable conditions, in the meantime spending 

 several months in exploration in Darien. He thus arrived at Guaya- 



1 See mitea, pp. 227, 228. 



2 Dr. E. Festa | Nel Darien 1 e nell' Ecuador | Diario di viaggio | di un naturalista | 

 1909 I Unione | Tip.-Editrice | Torinese | Corso Raffaello, 28 | Torino — Svo, pp. 

 xvi + 397, with 2 maps and about 75 half-tone plates. Lire 10. 



