1919-] Recently published Onntholoijical Works. 353 



obviously the occipital region which surrounds the foramen 

 magnum, and the. phrase can by no manner of means be 

 used for the point where tlie horny epidermal maxillary 

 sheath merges in the soft epidermis. 



The present part, the first of eighteen, deals with the 

 Corvidse and a portion of the Fringillidye. Our only fear is 

 that the ATork^ when completed, will be too bulky for con- 

 venience. Two volumes of 600 pages each cannot be 

 comfortably carried about. To our mind a book of this 

 very practical kind should l)e rigorously cut down to a size 

 convenient for travelling, and thou-h perhaps it is too much 

 to expect to take it around in the pocket, it should be 

 possible to transport it in a rucksack. We doubt if it 

 would be easy to do so in the case of the present work 

 when completed. 



We await with interest the issue of the rest of the parts, 

 and we feel sure that the work, when completed, will prove 

 of the greatest value to all working ornithologists. 



Bird- hurt'. 



[Bird-Lore: a bi-moiitlily Magazine devoted to the study and pro- 

 tection of birds. Vol. xx. Jan.-Uec. ]yl8; 6 iios. Harrisburg, Pa., 



U.S.A.] 



' Bird-Lore,' so ably edited by our Honorary Member 

 Mr. Frank Chapman, keeps up its reputation as the leading 

 popular magazine dealing with birds. As it is the official 

 organ of the Audubon Societies, which now exist in nearly 

 every one of the States of the Union and which are devoted 

 to the preservation and conservation of bird-life, a large 

 portion of the matter contained in each volume deals with 

 the propaganda necessary to carry on this work, which has 

 done so much to preserve for future generations the pre- 

 viously rapidly disappearing birds of North America. 



So elaborate are the devices now used by American bird- 

 lovers to encourage and attract birds to frequent tlieir 

 gardens and grounds in the matter of feeding-trays, 

 nesting-boxes, and the plantation of special shrubs and 

 bushes for shelter, that Mr. Ol(i_\ s tinds it necessary to 



