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birds in subsequent years, at long range, with powerful binoc- 

 ulars. . . ." 



The second item is as follows : " The killdeer, contrary tO' most 

 birds, is undoubtedly extending its range in the Eastern United 

 States, and it therefore happens that a pair of these birds has 

 reared a brood (which has been banded) for the past few years 

 on Staten Island, although no killdeers have to our knowledge 

 ever laid their eggs there before. The questions here are : Where 

 did the pioneer pair of plovers come from ? What becomes of the 

 four youngsters each year, since only one pair comes back to 

 nest annually, and none returning has yet been observed to wear a 

 band?" 



A. H. 



When New York Was One Hundred Miles Inland^^ 



This is a characteristic Sunday newspaper magazine article, in 

 which well recognized geologic facts are presented in such highly 

 colored and poetical language that even the most indifferent of 

 readers must rub his eyes and ask " can such things be?," or " did 

 such conditions ever prevail here?" There can be no doubt that 

 the author was tolerably well conversant with the essential facts, 

 and his selection of authoritative illustrations, showing the lo- 

 cation of the old coast line and river channels of the Tertiary 

 period and the course of glaciation in the Quaternary, is excellent. 

 Actual errors in the statement of facts are few and unimportant 

 and no one could read the article through without more or less 

 appreciation of the meaning and significance of certain obvious 

 natural features and phenomena which might have heretofore 

 escaped attention. Such articles are of value, even if they do 

 nothing more than stimulate the imagination and arouse a desire 

 to know something more about the things that ordinarily are 

 ignored. 



A. H. 



11 Dudley Joslin, New York Press, January ii, 1914. 



