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farther along special lines. The second portion of the work, ' The Birds 

 of North America east of the Ninetieth Meridian ' follows the original 

 edition but certain portions have been revised or rewritten, nesting dates 

 have been added and the distribution and nomenclature have been 

 revised according to the third edition of the A. O. U. Check-List. 



The bibliographic feature is also carried through this part of the work 

 and after many species are added the titles of important papers relating 

 to them. 



The admirable illustrations especially those by Fuertes add greatly to 

 the usefulness of the book. The color plates of the plumages of the Orchard 

 Oriole, Bobolink, and Scarlet Tanager make the successive changes so clear 

 to us that a description seems scarcely necessary, while the plate of the 

 Thrushes should solve for the bird student of the future any difficulties 

 in their identification. 



It remains only to mention the colored faunal map inside the cover, 

 the ' Historical Review ' and ' Plan of the Work,' which follow the preface, 

 and the extended bibliography of faunal papers arranged according to 

 states and provinces which closes the volume. 



The prophesy of the reviewer of the original edition of the ' Handbook ' 

 that it was ' marked for a career of extended usefulness ' has been abun- 

 dantly realized and for the present volume we anticipate the same success 

 but in even greater measure. — W. S. , 



Eagle Clarke's 'Studies in Bird Migration.' i — For nearly thirty 

 years the name of William Eagle Clarke has been closely identified with the 

 study of bird migration in the British Isles. As one of the members of the 

 British Association's ' Committee on the Migration of Birds ' he prepared 

 the five reports which resulted from investigations of this body, and now in 

 two handsome volumes, he presents the results of his life work on this 

 subject. 



With the exception of the first two chapters the work deals entirely with 

 the author's studies and conclusions. Chapter I is entitled, Some Ancient 

 and Antiquated Views and Chapter II, Some Modern Views. While the 

 latter does not pretend to be a resume of the literature of the subject, the 

 writings of a number of important students of migration are referred to, and 

 it is rather remarkable that no mention whatever is made of the reports 

 of Prof. W. W. Cooke issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. It 

 is likewise remarkable that Dr. J. B. Watson's experiments with the 

 Noddy and Sooty Terns on the Dry Tortugas are quoted from a review by 

 Mr. Chapman in ' Bird Lore ' while Dr. Watson's name is not even men- 



1 Studies 1 in | Bird Migration | By I William Eagle Clarke I Keeper of the 

 Natural History Department, the Royal Scottish Museum | With Maps, Weather 

 Cliarts, and Other | Illustrations | Vol. I | London | Gurney and Jackson | Edin- 

 burgh: Oliver and Boyd 1 1912 — Svo, Vol. I, pp. i-xvi + 1-323; pll. I-IX. 

 Vol. IT, pp. i-viii + 1-346, pll. X-XXV. Price 18s. net. 



