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and thai referring to the Magpie 



One is sorrow, two mirth. 

 Three a wedding, four a birth, 

 Five heaven, si\ hell, 

 Se> en the de'il's ain sell. 

 v Swan-worship is referred to and the survival to the present day 



of the ancient oath, in the form ■ 1 swan ' or ' 1 swanny. 1 



The only criticism that we would make of this valuable book is the need 

 of fuller cross references. Under 'Swan' we find, "see mute-Swan" (p, 

 163] while as a matter of fact there is more information regarding Swans 

 under Whooper Swan (p. 253) than under the reference cited, and such 

 aral tonus as Sandpiper, Gull, Owl, etc. are not to be found at all, 

 though under some one of the species doubtless the origin of the names - 

 explained w S 



Chapman's ' Color Key to North American Birds ' l I'his is • now 

 edition of Mr. Chapman's well known and useful volume. The main text 

 is unchanged but the Systematic Table presents all the species and sub- 

 North American Birds with their nomenclature revised to and 

 including the last supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union's 



C - st." while an Appendix explains in detail the changes that I 

 taken place since t ho first edition of the "Color Key.' and prest - . ., :ip- 

 tions of the forms that have been added to th< 



v second appendix consists a • Fauna! Bibliography,' of pubfications 

 dealing with the birds of various localities in North America arranged by 

 states and provinces. This is very complete and is the most important 



>f the kind since that published by Dr. Elliot Coues as an append! > 

 his ' Birds t V alley * in 1878. It will prove indispensable 



to thos oUection of works on North American orni- 



thology. With all its 3 Stained and the valuable additions 



to which we have alluded the ' Color Key ' should continue to hold its 

 D American bird literature v S 



Hornaday's ' Our Vanishing Wild Life ' So numerous are the pub- 

 lications treating of wild-life conservation and so similar are many of them, 

 that the :: ader is inclined to pass by any new contribution to the 



Key to North American Birds With Bibliographical Appendix. By 

 Frank v. tor of Ornithology in: v M is l of Natural 



History. With Uptrard of 800 Drawings by Chester A. Reed, B s Revised 

 Edition. Now York. D. Lpptotoo A Company. 1912, 8vo., pp i \. I 

 - so oel Postpaid, •>- :t. 

 ■ Our Vanishing Wild Ufa. lu< Extermination and Preservation, By William 

 T. Hornaday, Sc D., Director of the Nen > igioalPark; author of ''The 



American Natural His;o-.-\ ". Ex-President of the American Bison Society. With 

 M ps and illustrations. Nan York, IS N cal Society, 1913 S\o. pp. 



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