Recent Literature. 113 



Volumes V and VI of " Familiar Science and Fancier's Journal " * 

 contain many ornithological communications of permanent interest, in- 

 cluding the following (Nos. 26 - 48) : — 



26. The [^Piapacious^ Birds of Connecticut. By William Wood, M. D. 

 Fam. Sci. and Fane. Jour., Vol. V, 1878, pp. 6, 7, 26-28, 49, 50, 73-75, 

 93,94,111,132-134, 152-155, 171, 172, 191,192,210,211,226,227; 

 Vol. VI, 1879, pp. 1-3, 21, 22, 37, 38, 57, 58, 76 - 78. — A series of 

 twenty articles on the Birds of Prey, largely compiled from trustworthy 

 sources, but including previously unpublished original observations, and 

 bringing the subject down to date. " The Washington Sea-Eagle 

 (Hatiaetiis washingtoni, Aud.)" is formally treated, like the rest ; but the 

 author finally informs his readers of its true status. 



27. Modifications in the Breeding Habits of Birds caused hy the Per- 

 secutions of Man. By C. J. Maynard. Ihid., V, pp. 7, 8. — Relates 

 especially to the Herons, Terns, Gulls, Wild Turkey, Prairie Hen, and 

 the Auks, Guillemots, and Puffins. A valuable contribution to the 

 subject. 



28. Our Birds of Prey. By Mary H. Hamlin. Ibid., V, p. 29. — Notes 

 on the nesting and general habits of four of our common species of 

 Hawks. 



29. Birds of the Garden and Orchard. By John H. Sage. Ibid,, V, 

 pp. 50, 51. — A popular general account of species observed by the writer 

 in his orchard and garden at Portland, Conn. 



30. Instructions for Preparing Birds' Eggs. By William Wood, M. D. 

 Ibid., pp. 51, 52. — A series of rules for the preparation and preservation 

 of eggs, by one qualified to write authoritatively on the subject. 



31. Professional OiJlogists. By J[ennie] M. W[hipple]. Ibid., V, 

 p. 75. — Chiefly relating to the destruction of birds' eggs by squirrels. 



32. Woodcock killed by Telegraph JVii-es. By J. M. W[hipple]. Ibid., 

 V, p. 94. — Several instances cited ; also reference to Grouse flying into 

 stone walls, wood-piles, and against houses. 



33. 77^6 Season of '78. By J. M. W[hipple]. Ibid., V, p. 112. — On 

 the arrival and breeding of various species in the vicinity of Norwich, 

 Connecticut ; includes several curious facts. 



34. "Evidence of Design in Birds' Eggs." Reply. By William Wood, 

 M. D. Ibid., V, p. 1 1 3. — Controverting an article by this title previously 

 copied from " Land and Water," where the theory was advanced that 

 birds breeding in holes lay round eggs, so that they will lie more com- 

 pactly, and oblong or pointed eggs when they are deposited on rocks or 

 exposed flat surfaces, to prevent their being i-olled away by the wind or the 

 parent bird. 



* Familiar Science and Fancier's Journal, an Illustrated Magazine, devoted 

 to the Student of Nature, and the Interest of Home. Joseph M. Wade, Editor 

 and Proprietor, Springfield, Mass. 



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