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ing, rearing, and treatment of Pheasants in captivity. A dozen species 

 and several interesting hybrids are beautifully illustrated in the 16 fine 

 plates that accompany the text, one of which shows the Argus Pheasant 

 displaying its plumage. The principal subjects treated are the 'Natural 

 History of Pheasants,' ' Management in Preserves,' ' Management in Con- 

 finement,' ' Diseases of Pheasants,' ' Pheasants adapted to the Covert,' 

 and ' Pheasants adapted to the Aviary.' No species of Pheasant seems 

 susceptable to domestication, like the common fowl ; even when bred in 

 aviaries for generations they retain their original wildness, and when set at 

 liberty "betake themselves to the woods and coverts as soon as able to 

 shift for themselves." Mr. Tegetmeier refers to the successful introduc- 

 tion of the Ring-necked and Golden Pheasants into Oregon, where they 

 have become thoroughh^ acclimatized ; but he seems to take a too san- 

 guine view of the case of the English Pheasant, introduced in the Eastern 

 States, or to have been misinformed, when he states it " is generally 

 regarded as the future game bird of the country," etc. (p. 38) — J. A. A. 



Bird-nesting with a Camera.' — The second part^ of Mr. Lee's admi- 

 rable work is fully up to the standard of excellence set by Part I, — higher 

 praise cannot be accorded it. 

 The nests of the following species are herein figured and described : 

 (i) Coot {Fulica atra), two plates; (2) Shoveler {Spatula clypeata) ; 

 (3) Kittiwake Gull {Rissa tri'dactyla) ; (4) Waterhen {Gallhiuhi 

 chloropus), two plates; (5) Willow Wren {P/iylloscopus trockilus^; (6) 

 Sandwich Tern (^Sterna cautiaca), and (7) Sheld-Duck {Tadortia cor- 

 nuia), two plates. — F. M. C 



A List of the Birds of Florida.-' — This is a nominal list of the birds of 

 Florida, enumerating 352 species and subspecies, and will doubtless prove 

 a convenient Check-List to students of Florida birds. The following 

 species have apparently been overlooked : Buteo borealis Jiarlani (see 

 Bendire, Life Histories of N. A. Bir5s, Part I, p. 21S); Spiza americana 

 (see Beckham, Bull. N. O. C, VH, 1SS2, p. 250) ; Dendroica dominica 

 albilora (see Scott, Auk, XIL 1890, p. 20) ; Sylvania ca?iade>isis (see 

 Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. II, 18^1, p. 269) ; Setnrus 7toveborace?isis ^ 



tiotabilis (see Brewster and Chapman, Auk, VIII, 1891, p. 135). — 

 F. M. C. 



'Among British Birds in their Nesting Haunts. Illustrated by the Camera. 

 By Oswin A. J. Lee. Part II. Edinburgh. David Douglas. Folio, pp. 41- 

 77, pll- X. 



* For a notice of Part I, see this journal. Vol. XIV, 1897, p. 106. 



3 A List I of the [ Birds of Florida | By Charles B. Cory | For sale by | 

 Bradley Whidden | 18 Arch St. Boston. ( 1896 — 8vo, pp. 24. 



