458 Recent Literature. [-Q^ t k 



from the statutes relating to game warden departments, duties and powers 

 of officers, and special provisions connected with administration. No 

 effort has been spared to make the report as complete and accurate as 

 possible. In addition to extracts from the statutes, it contains the results 

 of seven years' observation of the methods of administering game laws, 

 and the conclusions of those who have contributed to the discussion of 

 points of special interest." The foregoing is from the Preface (p. 10), by 

 Dr. T. S. Palmer, and states concisely the scope and purpose of this impor- 

 tant publication, which must be of great value to persons interested in 

 game protection, and especially to those charged with the enforcement of 

 game laws. Under 'Game law administration' (pp. 43-99) are defined 

 the powers of officers and methods of procedure in respect to arrest, search 

 and seizure; prosecutions, in reference to who may prosecute, the methods, 

 and the results, etc. The ' Summaries of the provisions relating to enforce- 

 ments ' give, in concise form, the provisions at present in force in all of the 

 States and Territories, and include the duties of officers, and the offenses 

 and the required evidence on which to base prosecutions. The 'Extracts 

 from laws with special reference to enforcement ' occupies the second half 

 of the 'Bulletin,' and presumably comprise all of the essential features. 

 We have thus in convenient form a condensed 'law-book ' on game protec- 

 tion which should meet an actual need. — J. A. A. 



Anderson's ' The Birds of Iowa.' — In a paper T of nearly 300 pages, Mr. 

 Anderson records 355 species and subspecies as of known occurrence in the 

 State, 309 of which are "found more or less regularly," and 44 as only 

 "casual or accidental" visitants; one species, the Carolina Paroquet, is 

 given as extinct, and another, the House Sparrow, as the only introduced 

 species. Twenty-five additional species are given in a 'Hypothical List' 

 as having been taken "very close to the borders of Iowa," or "reported as 

 occurring in Iowa on what appears to be insufficient evidence." Some of 

 these might well have been included in the main list, and it is only a question 

 of time when all may doubtless be added on the basis of actual capture' 

 within the State; but their present exclusion as Iowa birds is commend- 

 able. 



An 'Introduction' of 20 pages states the scope and basis of the work, the 

 topographic, climatic, and faunal features of the State, and contains a list 

 of the large number of contributors who have furnished valuable notes or 

 local lists, covering most of the counties of the State. 



The method of treatment includes, usually, a general statement regard- 

 ing the character of the bird's occurrence in the State, followed generally 

 by a paragraph of detailed county records, especially in the case of the 

 rarer species, giving locality, date and authority for the records cited. A 

 large part of the text thus consists of previously unpublished records, and 



1 The Birds of Iowa. By Rudolph M. Anderson. Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci., 

 Vol. XI, pp. 125-417, March, 1907. 



