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ment gives the Bird and Game laws of the State. 'A Preliminary List of 

 the Birds of Wyoming, with Notes,' occupies pp. 22-158, recording 288 

 species and subspecies, to which is added a 'Hypothetical List' of 12 

 species. The annotations relate mainly to the manner of occurrence of 

 the species, but include also, in the case of the hawks and owls, copious 

 extracts from Dr. A. K. Fisher's report on the food of hawks and owls, 

 and in the case of the blackbirds from Prof. F. E. L. Beal's report on the 

 food of these birds. The numerous plates, and the illustrations of struc- 

 tural details in the text, all drawn by Mr. Frank Bond, and here for the 

 most part first published, add greatly to the usefulness and attractiveness 

 of this praiseworthy effort to give needed information about the birds of 

 Wyoming. — J. A. A. 



Henninger's List of the Birds of Middle Southern Ohio.^ — This list 

 is based on the observations of the author during the period from August 

 15, 1894, to July I, 1902, and is the first formal list of the birds of the 

 region, which is stated to be restricted mainly to Scioto and Pike Counties. 

 The list numbers 216 species, of which two are introduced, and seven are 

 considered as ' hypothetical ' and placed in a separate category. The list 

 is not put forth as a complete enumeration of the birds of the region, but 

 as a trustworthy list so far as it goes, each record having been carefully 

 scrutinized, while most of the species recorded "are represented by speci- 

 mens in the author's or local collections." The annotations relate mainly 

 to relative abundance and the dates of migration. The list is thus a wel- 

 come and important addition to faunal literature. — J. A. A. 



Blatchley's ' A Nature Wooing.' 2 — The scene of Professor Blatchley's 

 little book is mainly the vicinity of Ormond, Florida, and consists of 

 observations, mostly in the form of a journal, on the animal and plant 

 life of the region visited, being only to a small extent ornithological. 

 It is written in a popular vein, by a scientific observer, an appendix 

 of 20 pages giving formal lists of the species of various orders of in- 

 sects collected, while passim there are numerous references to birds, 

 reptiles, mollusks, etc. Pages 174-179 give, with illustrations, an account 

 of the discovery of two humeri of the Great Auk in a shell mound at 

 Ormond, as already recorded in 'The Auk' (XIX, July, 1902, pp. 255-258) 

 by Dr. O. P. Hay. The volume will afford pleasant reading to nature 

 lovers, especially those visiting the region to which it relates. — J. A. A. 



1 A Preliminary List of the Birds of Middle Southern Ohio. By Rev. W. F. 

 Henninger. The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. IX, No. 3, Sept., 1902, pp. 77-93. 



^ A Nature Wooing at Ormond by the Sea. By W. S. Blatchky, Author of 

 ' Gleanings from Nature.' Indianapolis : The Nature Publishing Company. 

 1902. i2mo, pp. 145, with 12 pll., map, and 63 text illustrations. Price, post- 

 paid, $1.25. 



