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made Thoreau such a favorite with many readers, though perhaps less 

 fascinating to sentimental admirers of nature. In fact, the two authors 

 hold little in common, beyond love of mountain, field and woodland, and 

 their non-human denizens. 



Mr. Bolles is sometimes a little abrupt in his transitions — perhaps 

 studiedly so — and his sentences are frequently short and jerky, but his 

 language is concise and graphic, and his style generally crisp and pleasing. 

 His frequent allusions to birds and mammals show that he has had either 

 good coaching or is himself a naturalist, at home in the technique of 

 science, and in the use of traps and the gun, as well as the field-glass, as 

 is so well shown in the chapter entitled 'Trapping Gnomes.' Nearly all of 

 the twenty-one articles that make up the book contain passing allusions to 

 birds, botany and mammals, while several of them are distinctively orni- 

 thological, as, for instance, 'The Dead Tree's Day' and 'Migration'; while 

 'Chocorua in November,' 'Among the Wind-swept Lakes,' and 'In the 

 Paugus Woods,' etc., give glimpses of the late autumn and winter bird 

 life of a region an ornithologist rarely sees at these bleak seasons. — J. A. A. 



Foster's Bibliography of the Ornithological Writings of George N. 

 Lawrence. 1 — Mr. Foster has done ornithologists an excellent service 

 in his carefully prepared and exceedingly detailed bibliography of the 

 writings of Mr. George N. Lawrence. It is prepared on the same plan as 

 Professor Goode's bibliography of the writings of the late Professor Baird, 

 which forms No. i of this series of bibliographies. A short biographical 

 sketch of Mr. Lawrence precedes the list of his works, and an excellent 

 portrait of him forms the frontispiece of the brochure. Mr. Lawrence's 

 first formal paper was published in 1846, describing a new species of 

 Brant (Bemicla nigricans); the last here noted appeared in January, 

 1 891. The total number of titles is 121. His writings relate mostly to 

 the birds of the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. The 

 titles are arranged chronologically, and besides the full title and place of 

 publication a synopsis of each paper is presented so far as to give in 

 tabular form the names of the species mentioned, the locality cited when 

 not sufficiently implied in the title of the paper, and the page where 

 mention of the species is made. The chronological list is followed by an 

 alphabetical list of the new species and subspecies, giving the habitat of 

 the type specimen, and a cross-reference to the chronological list. These 

 number 323! An alphabetical general index follows, which, with the 

 chronological list, enables one readily to find any species ever mentioned 

 by Mr. Lawrence in his writings. Pages ix to xi contain a list of the 19 

 species, and the single genus of birds named in honor of Mr. Lawrence. 



This bibliography well attests the great activity of Mr. Lawrence in 

 ornithological work during a period of nearly half a century. — J. A. A. 



1 Bulletin of the United States National Museum. No. 40. Bibliographies of 

 American Naturalists: IV. The Published Writings of George Newbold Lawrence, 

 1844-1891. By L. S. Foster. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1892. 

 8vo, pp. xi, 124, frontispiece, portrait of Mr. Lawrence. 



