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problems that await investigation, and which maj be studied to advantage 

 only through intimate acquaintance with individual birds; and finally 

 expresses his conception of how such work should be conducted. 



As already said, Mr. Scott has given us a very attractive narrative of 

 his career as a naturalist; and so many matters of interest are chronicled 

 that we trust a suitable index, rendering them more readily accessible, 

 will be supplied in future editions of the work. — J. A. A. 



Mrs. Bignell's 'My Woodland Intimates.' — The author of 'Mr. 

 Chupes and Miss Jenny' (see Auk, XVIII, 1901, p. 288) here 1 presents 

 us with a series of delightful sketches of out-of-door scenes and incidents, 

 portraying the changing seasons and the attendant mutations in animal 

 and vegetable life as observed in a "quiet, secluded, eastern New Jersey 

 haunt and its immediate neighborhood." The varying aspects of field 

 and woodland are noted under such titles as 'August Moods and Con- 

 trasts'; 'En Route' (September); ' Good-by to Summer' (October); 

 'Gray Days and Merry Ways' (November); 'The Solemn Midnight' 

 (Winter) ; and so on through the circle of the year. While the birds are 

 her major theme, all nature comes in review. The last chapter, ' In the 

 North Country,' has for its scene "a beloved nook in the Laurentian 

 Mountains of Canada." Intense sympathy with her subject, sincerity of 

 expression, keen and intelligent powers of observation, and a happy fac- 

 ulty of imparting to others what she has seen and felt characterize ' My 

 Woodland Intimates,' and entitle Mrs. Bignell's second book to rank 

 high among popular nature books. — J. A. A. 



Walter's 'Wild Birds in City Parks."— The full title ^ of this little 

 brochure sufficiently explains its purpose, — to furnish "a simple letter of 

 introduction to 100 birds, the majority of which are commonly seen dur- 

 ing the spring migration" at Chicago. Some ' General Hints' are first 

 given, in the form of a few characteristics of the principal bird families, 

 followed by ' Particular Hints,' giving the leading distinctive features of 

 100 species, arranged apparently in no particular order. There is also a 

 ' Table of Arrival,' giving the birds in systematic sequence, with dates 

 of arrival for the years 1897-1901, as observed in Lincoln Park, Chicago, 



1 My Woodland Intimates | By ] Effie Bignell | author of | " Mr. Chupes 

 and Miss Jenny " | New York | The Baker & Taylor Company | 33-37 East 

 17th St., Union Square North | — i2mo, pp. i-xii -|- 13-241. Price, $1.00, 

 net. 



^ Wild Birds in City Parks, being hints on identifying 100 birds, prepared 

 primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago. By Herbert 

 Eugene Walter and Alice Hall Walter. Revised edition. Chicago : A. W. 

 Mumford, Publisher, 378 Wabash Avenue, 1903. i6mo, pp. 45, with chart 

 for Migration Record. Price, 25 cts. 



