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indicates on the part of the author a considerable degree of conservatism 

 in matters nomenclatural, or lack of familiarity with any standard author- 

 ity later than the first edition of the A. O. U. Check-List. The magazine is 

 published at Notre Dame, Indiana, under the editorship of J. A. Niewland, 

 C. S. C, Ph. D., who is also apparently the publisher. (Price, $1 a year, 

 single numbers 20 cents.) The plea for the existence of this new aspirant 

 for journalistic honors is the alleged want felt by the editor " for some ready 

 means of publication" for students of the biota of the 'Midland States.' 



A new French periodical devoted to ornithology is the 'Revue Fran- 

 chise d'Ornithologie Scientifique et Pratique,' the first number of which 

 bears date 7 Mai, 1909. It is in royal octavo, the first number comprising 

 16 pages. It is to be devoted not only to birds, but to everything relating 

 to birds. It is published by Louis Dehise, 14 Rue Antoine-Roucher, Paris; 

 price, 7 francs per year, 60 centimes per number. The acting editor is 

 M. A. Menegaux, and it has the promise of support from other well-known 

 French authorities. 



The Bureau of Science of the Government of the Philippine Islands has 

 announced 'A Manual of Philippine Birds,' by Richard C. McGregor, to 

 be published in two parts of about 350 pages each, the first part being al- 

 ready in press. It will give descriptions of all the species of birds known 

 to inhabit these islands, with much hitherto unpublished matter relating 

 to their nests and eggs and habits. It is intended to meet the needs of 

 bird-students, both professional and amateur, and will contain keys to the 

 species, genera, and higher groups, as well as diagnoses. The work may 

 be ordered in this country of the Macmillan Company, New York; price 

 of the complete work, $4. 



Indexes to periodical literature are so useful that it is a pleasure to call 

 attention to the index to the first ten volumes of 'The Condor', prepared 

 by Mr. H. B. Kaeding and just published as No. 6 of the 'Pacific Coast 

 Avifauna'. 'The Condor, as is well known, is the 'Bulletin of the Cooper 

 Ornithological Club', the first volume of which carried this title only. The 

 present index is prepared on much the same lines as the twenty-year index 

 to 'The Auk', compiled under the direction of Dr. Dwight, except that 

 there is no attempt to discriminate the different kinds of information under 

 the citations of species. 



The Provincial Museum of Natural History and Ethnology, Victoria, 

 British Columbia, has recently issued an illustrated guide to the collections 

 of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes, prepared by the Curator, Mr. 

 Francis Kermode. It is profusely illustrated with half-tone plates of 

 groups of mammals and birds and other exhibits in the Museum, and 

 forms a large octavo brochure of nearly 100 pages, of which pages 21-74 



