Vol XXXI 



L913 J Recent Literatim 299 



particular type ol growl ired for a roosting place, that the 



'"" •"! thai persecution, other than the 



traction of tree doe not affect roost stability. The number of bird* 

 '" ''"■ '"' " l,|v increasei up to the 1 1 ■ mber and the main 



body of the birds leave about the! of October. 



■' "' ' ' una' contain al 10 a reprint of a di mspaper article 

 relating to a j Pigeon i in I orest and Warren 



Counties, Pa., in L886; a collection of reminiscence of Philadelphia 

 collection! and collectoi b Di Spencei Trotter; a bibliography of 

 Penn jdvania ornithology for 1912; a list of members and th< proceedings 

 of the Delaware Vallej Ornithological Club 'I attendance of 



the 16" club meetings during the ,i,.,| that only 



'""''• '" ' ■ illen below 19. record of which 



local ornithological club might well be proud. W. L. M. 



The Ornithological Journals. 



Bird-Lore. Vol. XV, No. I. January February, 1913. 



The Duck li oi Taughannocfa Gorge By \. A. Allen and H. K. 



Knight. With excellent illustratio 



[jocal Decree e in Bluebirds. By W W. Cooke. -Affected area lies 

 ju i north of the regular wintei range. 



Notes from Labrador. ByA.C. Bent 



The Migration of North American Sparrows. By W. VV Cooke.— The 

 Snow Buntings. Plumage notes by Chapman and <;>>\<>r plate by Fuei 



Bird-Lore's Thirteenth Bird Cen u 199 li • are published. 



The Bud onian Curlew by A. C. Bent and the buffed Grouse by Geo. 

 Bird Grinnell are the ' Educational Leafli 



The Condor. Vol. XTV, No. 6. November-rDecember, 1912. 



Study of the Egg of the Meleagridm By B. W. Shufeldt. 



Nesting of the Rocky Mountain Nuthatch. lv ! C. Willard. 



A Horseback Trip across Montana. By Aretas A. Saundi 



Nesting Habits of the Western Bluebird. JJy Harriet, W Myei 



W. L. Sclater pre ente a reply to W. W. Cooke on his ' Birds of Colorado.' 



The Condor. Vol. XV, No. 1. January February, 1913. 



A Glimp e of Surf-Birds. By \V. L. Daw on Illustrated by a eries 

 of remarkable photograph . 



Concealing and Revealing Coloration of Animals. By Junius Henderson 

 - A general review of the problem. 



Swallow-, and Bed-bugs. By Edw. R. Warren. -Need of more d 

 on bird para ite i emphasized. 



Not.-, on Some Fresno County Bird I'.- John G. Tyler.— Six species 

 <li ca sed 



Bird Not.- from the Coast of Northern Lower California. By George 

 Willett. Annotated list of 98 



The omlook lot Conserving the Band-tailed Pigeon as a Game Bird of 

 California. By Joseph Grinnell. (See p. 291.) 



