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The Forests of Maryland, by State For- 

 ester F. W. Besley. The Maryland 

 State Board of Forestry, Baltimore. 

 Information useful to the forest owner, 

 the timber buyer, the manufacturer and 

 the student is embraced in the book just 

 issued by State Forester F. W. Besley 

 for the Maryland State Board of For- 

 estry. The report is based on an accu- 

 rate and complete inventory of the forest 

 resources of the state and contains sepa- 

 rate forest maps for each county. The 

 purpose of the book is to show in con- 

 densed form and orderly manner the 

 state's forest wealth, its value to the 

 people, and how the resources may be 

 best conserved by wise use for supplying 

 present needs and the needs of the fu- 

 ture. Of the total land area of 6,330,000 

 icres Maryland has a woodland acreage 

 of 2,228,000, or 35 per cent. The book 

 is interesting and of practical value. 



Relation of Birds to Forests. 



The Indiana State Board of Forestry, in 

 order to encourage the protection of bird? 

 and study their relation to forest life, is 

 offering prizes to the pupils of schools 

 for the best essay on the "Relation of Birds 

 to Indiana Forests." For the best essay 

 from the seventh and eighth grades, re- 

 spectively, a prize of $5 will be given. For 

 the best essay from each of the high schoo' 

 classes a prize of $7.50 will be given. The 

 offer is extended to all schools doing work 

 equivalent to the grade and high schools. 



The essay must not exceed 2,000 words, 

 and must be mailed to the Secretary, State 

 Board of Forestry, not later than May 15. 

 1918. It is suggested that pupils who ex- 

 pect to enter the contest write for the rules 

 governing the contest. 



Birds of America (Nature Lover's Library). 



The University Society, Inc., New York. 



3 volumes, price $29.50 a set. 



As a contribution to the literature of 

 America this is a notable work. The aim 

 of its compilers was to present a complete 

 review of the available knowledge concern- 

 ing birds. The fundamental factor in the 

 undertaking was a realization that the task 

 of preparing a comprehensive account of 

 the bird life of the continent is too great to 

 be accomplished in a lifetime by any indi- 

 vidual working alone. Co-operation on the 

 part of many authorities was deemed essen- 

 tial and the array of talent represented ir 

 the list of compilers is an indication of the 

 scale of the enterprise. The editor-in-chief 

 was T. Gilbert Pearson, of the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies. John 

 Burroughs was cpnsulting editor; George 

 Gladden managing editor and J. Ellis Bur- 

 dick associate editor. The special contribu- 

 tors were Edward H. Forbush, state orni- 

 thologist of Massachusetts ; Herbert K. Job. 

 ornithologist for the Audubon Societies ; 

 William L. Finley, state biologist for 

 Oregon, and L. Nelson Nichols, member of 

 the Linnaean Society. 



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