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Phalavopes. Otlier details arc given and the nuptial flight 

 is illustrated b}' a diagram^ while an outline map shows the 

 approximate position oF the various breeding-places hitherto 

 recorded, and a photograph of the breeding-grounds and of 

 the nest with the two eggs in situ completes Mr. Dixon's 

 contribution to our knowledge of this rare and little-known 

 species. 



Grinueif, Ih'ijaid, mid Sturcr on ('alifornian Game Birds. 



[The (tame Birds of California. By Joseph Griunell, Harold Child 

 Bryant, and Tracy Irwin Storer. Berkeley (Univ. Cal. Press), 1918 

 J'p. \-QV>'2, 16 col. pis., many text-figures.] 



Under this title Messrs. Griunell, IJryant, and Storer 

 include the ducks, geese, swans, spoonbills, ibises, cranes, 

 rails, moorhen, coot, waders, quail, grouse, pheasants, 

 pigeons, and doves. In the preface Mr. Griunell, Director 

 of the Californian iMuseum of Vertebrate Zoology, states 

 the main object of the book, which is an attempt to arrest 

 the rapid depletion of the game-birds" of California by 

 educating the public, so that they may realize how im- 

 portant it is to preserve the game-birds and how necessary 

 to adhere to the already stringent game laws. The book 

 was comiucuced in 1913 by ^Ir. Griunell and Dr. Bryant, 

 but when the latter was appointed elsewhere in August 1914, 

 Mr. Tracy Irwin Storer took his place, and in collaboration 

 with the Director worked at the Ijook till its couii)leiion 

 in 1916. JNlr. Griunell, in concluding the preface, remarks 

 that -'the highest plane of seieutitic output can ijc accom- 

 plished only through cooperative effort,^' with which we 

 entirely agree. 



In the preparation of the book, the authors have 

 endeavoured to meet the requirements of the hunter, 

 naturalist, legislator, and conservationist. With these 

 ends in view, chapters are devoted to the decrease of game, 

 natural enemies of game, propagation of and legislation 

 concerning game-birds in California. The decrease of 

 game-birds, which has been observed for the last thirty- 

 tive yeai's, :ip[)ears to ijc most pronounced among the ducks 



