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been admitted to the A. O. U. Check-List (see Auk, VII, pp. 60-66), the 

 Sialic, has been considered by the A. O. U. Committee as an inconstant 

 phase of 5. mexicana, which latter Mr. Anthony also found in the San 

 Pedro Mountains, but which he believed was represented merely by mi- 

 grants on their way to more northern breeding grounds. — J. A. A. 



Sennett on Bird Legislation. — An address on 'Bird Legislation,' by Mr. 

 George B. Sennett, read before the State Board of Agriculture of Pennsyl- 

 vania at the Annual Meeting of the Board for the year 1SS9, has been re- 

 cently published* In reviewing the general subject, the importance of 

 knowing our birds thoroughly in respect to their food habits is duly set 

 forth ; a succinct history of the work thus far accomplished is given, and 

 the present methods of investigating this important subject are fully ex- 

 plained. This is followed by a discussion of what sort of legal protection 

 is necessary, and the submission of a draft of 'An act for the Protection of 

 Birds, their Nests, and Eggs,' modeled after the New York law devised by 

 the A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection, of which Mr. Sennett is 

 Chairman. It is a pleasure to know that a statute in substantial agreement 

 with the one here submitted was later enacted by the Pennsylvania Legisla- 

 ture. The various methods of placing a check upon the increase of the Eu- 

 ropean House Sparrow are discussed at length, and important suggestions 

 are given. A State bounty for the destruction of these birds_is shown to be 

 impracticable. The appointment of a State ornithologist is urged, a part 

 of whose duties shall be a systematic effort, under an appropriation of 

 money by the State, to exterminate the Sparrow pest. — J. A. A. 



Publications Received. — Beddard, Frank E. (1) Contributions to the 

 Anatomy of Picarian Birds.— Part I. (Proc. Zodl. Soc, 1S89, PP- 5§7-594-) 

 (2) On the Anatomy of Burmeister's Cariamr {Chttnga burmeisteri) . 

 (Ibid., pp. 594-602.) 



Chapman, Frank M. Notes on the Carolina Paroquet ( Couurus caro- 

 linensis) in Florida. (Abstr. Proc. Linn. Soc, New York, 1SS9.) 



Nehrling, H. Die Nord-Amerikanische Vogelwelt, Heft 7. 



Stejneger, L. Notes on a third Collection of Birds made in Kauai, 

 Hawaiian Islands, by Valdemar Knudsen. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XII, 



PP- 377-3S6.) 



Stone, Witmer. Catalogue of the Owls in the Collection of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1S90, pp. 124-131.) 



Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen. V. Ritter von. Das Steppenhuhn (Syr- 

 rliaptes paradoxus Pall.) in Osterreich-Ungarn. Eine ornithologische 

 Studie. (Separat-Abdruck aus den Mittheil. des Naturw. Ver. fur Steier 

 mark, Jahrg. 18S9, ss. 100, mit einer Karte.) 



* Bird Legislation. By Hon. George B. Sennett, Erie, Pa. Report of the Board 

 of Agriculture of Pennsylvania, for 1889. Pp. 12 (separates repaged). 



