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19. Red-winged Blackbird (Agebai- 

 us phoenicens phoenicens). Common 

 in our marsh and swamp lands along 

 the rivers. 



20. Meadowlark (Sturnella magna 

 magna). Quite uncommon. 



21. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus gal- 

 bula). Very rare; I have never found 

 but one nest. 



22. American Goldfinch (Astragal- 

 inus tristis). Rare, only two observ- 

 ed this season. 



23. English Sparrow (Passor do- 

 mestcius). This pest is the most 

 abundant of any bird we have. 



24. Chipping Sparrow (Spizelba 

 passerina). Very common. 



25. Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinal- 

 is). The Cardinal is very common all 

 the year. 



26. Purple Martin (Progne rubis). 

 Very abundant. 



27. Maryland Yellow-throat (Geo- 

 thlypis trichas trichas). This little 

 warbler is a fairly common bird. 



28. Yellow-breated Chat (Icteria 

 virens). Not very common. I have 

 observed several here this season but 

 have found only one nest. 



29. Mocking Bird (Mimus polyglot- 

 tos). Our best known song bird is 

 the Mocking Bird; it is Quite common. 



30. Catbird (Dumetella carolinen- 

 sis). Very abundant. 



31. Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma 

 rufum). Plentiful. 



32. Carolina Wren (Thryothous lu- 

 dovicienus). Very common all the 

 year. 



33. Tufted Titmouse (Beaolophus 

 bicolor). Plentiful. 



34. Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mus- 

 telina). Abundant. 



35. Bluebird (Sialia sialis). Not 

 very common in summer, but in win- 

 ter they are numerous. 



Chas. F. Moore. 

 Cliffside, N. C. 



Books Received. 

 Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 7 — Coop- 

 er Ornithological Club — Birds of the 

 Pacific Slope of Southern California, 



by George Willett, July, 1912. 



This is one of the best local lists 

 that has come under our observation 

 in a long, long time, and is indeed a 

 monument to the industry and thor- 

 oughness of the writer as well as a 

 credit to the Club which stands spon- 

 sor therefor. There are 377 birds 

 treated and hypothetical list of 18. 

 The mechanical execution is A No. 1 

 and the entire production without 

 doubt will stand for years as an abso- 

 lute authority upon the birds of that 

 region. 



Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 8 — Coop- 

 er Ornithological Club — A Systematic 

 List of the Birds of California, by 

 Joseph Grinnell, August, 1912. 



This is merely a check list of the 

 530 species and sub-species the com- 

 mon and scientific names of which are 

 given, and as its title indicates, is aim- 

 ed to be an accurate list of the birds 

 of California. It is prepared with the 

 usual well-known scientific accuracy 

 of Professor Grinnell, and will with- 

 out a doubt be of much service to the 

 bird students of the Golden state. 



A Revision of the Sub-Species of the 

 Green Heron, by Harry C. Oberholser, 

 from the proceedings of the United 

 States National Museum, Volume 42, 

 pages 529-77. 



This separate, as its name implies, 

 is a revision of the sub-species of this 

 bird, and shows a painstaking investi- 

 gation of the subject treated. It 

 purports to divide this species into 

 fourteen sub-species of which ten are 

 new sub-species; none of which how- 

 ever we are pleased to say are North 

 American, or rather are inhabitants of 

 the territory covered by the American 

 Ornithologists' Union Check List of 

 North American Birds, 



