328 Recent Literature. [^ 



localities at which collections were made, and a bibliography of the principal 

 papers relating to the ornithology of the region precedes the list, which 

 numbers 228 species, one of which is described as new. In addition to the 

 dates and localities of the specimens, brief field notes are sometimes given, 

 and also remarks on seasonal phases of plumage. Also in addition to the 

 citation of the type locality and the original description of the species, 

 references are often made to papers wherein the character and relationships 

 of the species have been discussed by previous authors. — J. A. A. 



Dawson and Bowles's ' The Birds of Washington.' — The large paper edi- 

 tion of this great work ' is a magnificent example of modern book-making, 

 the illustrations and typography being almost beyond criticism. The 

 text is an up-to-date resume of present knowledge of the birds of the 

 State of Washington, an area of large extent and exceedingly diversified. 

 It is, furthermore, the first attempt to deal with the birds of any portion of 

 this continent in a de luxe style of such magnitude. 



The treatment of the birds, the author tells us, is from the standpoint 

 of the Washingtonian. The characteristic birds of the State are thus 

 considered at length, says the author, "merely because they are ours and 

 have to be reckoned with; while others, more interesting, perhaps, have 

 not been considered at length simply because we are not responsible for 

 them as characteristic birds of Washington." In brief, it may be said that 

 'The Birds of Washington' is constructed textually after the model of the 

 author's previous 'The Birds of Ohio' (1903), — a very good model, by the 

 way, and the present work, like its predecessor, may be characterized as a 

 scientifically trustworthy popular manual of the birds of the region to 

 which it relates, with a wealth of well-chosen illustrations, the full-page 

 plates being especially noteworthy for their excellence and appropriate- 

 ness. The 16 colored plates, from water color drawings by Allan Brooks, 

 are especially pleasing, as are also the photogravure plates and a number 

 of text illustrations from the same artist's drawings. Reproductions of 

 photographs of birds, their nests and eggs, and their characteristic haunts, 

 figure largely, as would be expected, in the several hundred text illustra- 

 tions. 



1 The Birds of Washington | A Complete Scientific and | Popular Account of the 

 372 species of Birds | found in the State | By | William Leon Dawson, A. M., B. D., 

 of Seattle | author of " The Birds of Ohio" | assisted by | John Hooper Bowles, of 

 Tacoma | Illustrated by more than 300 original half-tones of birds in life, nests, | eggs, 

 and favorite haunts, from photographs by the | author and others | Together with 40 

 drawings in the text and a series of | full-page color-plates | by | Allan Brooks | — | 

 Large paper edition | with photogravures and special photographs | Sold only by 

 subscription | Volume I [-II] | — Seattle | The Occidental Publishing Co. | 1909 \ 

 All rights reserved | — 2 vols. 4to. Vol. I, pp. xvi + 458, 8 col. pll., 3 photogravure 

 pll., 3 photographs (inserts), 7 half-tone pll., and numerous half-tone text figures. 

 Vol. II, pp. iii 4- 459-997, 8 col. pll., 3 photogravure pll., 3 photographs (inserts), 

 9 half-tone pll., and numerous half-tone text figures. 



According to a statement on a fly-leaf preceding the title-page, the whole edition 

 consists of 1250 copies, of which 200 numbered and signed copies form a special 

 "Large Paper Edition." 



