THE OOLOGIST 



Book Reviews. 



The Home Life Of The Golden 

 Eagle, by H. B. MacPherson, with 

 32 mounted plates, Second Revised 

 Edition; published in 1910 at five 

 shillings net, by Witherly & Co., 

 '326 High Holborn, London, W. C. 



This volume consists of the story 

 of the home life of a pair of Golden 

 Eagles discovered in a wild deer forest 

 situated in the heart of the Grampian 

 Range. Forty-five pages are occupied 

 in telling the story of this pair of 

 birds, and their home. The same be- 

 ing accompanied by a collection of 32 

 mounted photographs detailing with 

 the camera this nest as it looked 

 from the time it first contained two 

 eggs, until the one young eaglet that 

 reached maturity left the nest. It is 

 indeed not only an interesting but a 

 splendid delineation of the home 

 life of these magnificent birds, and is 

 well worthy of a place in the library 

 of all ornithologists who are interested 

 in the eagle family. 



The immense volume of labor neces- 

 sary to the procurement of this series 

 of photographs can only be appreciat- 

 ed by one who has endeavored to do 

 bird photography. 



The author and the publishers alike 

 are to be congratulated upon having 

 added in a substantial manner to the 

 sum total of knowledge relating to 

 this bird. 



Birds of South Carolina, by Arthur 

 T. Wayne, edited by Paul M. Rea, 

 Director of the Charleston Museum, 

 and published as contribution from 

 the Charleston Museum "I," 1910. 



Arthur T. Wayne's name is suffi- 

 cient guarantee of the thoroughness 

 and accuracy of this publication, con- 

 sisting of 254 pages, every page of 

 which is stored with desirable and 

 scientific information relative to the 

 birds of South Carolina. The arrange- 

 ment consists of a map of the state; 



an introduction by Paul M. Rea, which 

 is largely in the nature of a review of 

 the ornithology relating to the birds 

 of that state, followed by a list of 309 

 species. To which is added an an- 

 notated list of 28 additional species 

 of the interior of the state, and a 

 hypothetical list of 22 species, and 

 an addenda list of 11 species, closing 

 with a bibliography of the ornithol- 

 ogy of South Carolina. 



This work is a splendid contribu- 

 tion to the knowledge of the science 

 of ornithology of the territory which 

 it covers, and we believe it a safe 

 prediction to hazard the statement 

 that it will long remain the standard 

 work on the birds of the state of 

 South Carolina. 



Photography for Bird Lovers. This 

 splendid little volume of 126 pages 

 by Bentley Beetham, published by 

 Witherby & Company, 326 High 

 Holborn, W. C. London, England, at 

 5 schillings net, and containing 16 

 full page plates of far more than 

 usual merit, is at hand, and is truly 

 a guide to the Photography of the 

 birds. 



The nine chapters devoted to the 

 following titles. Introductory, Appara- 

 tus, Nest-Photography, Photographing 

 Young birds, Photographing by the 

 Stalking Method, Photographing by 

 the Concealment Method, Photograph- 

 ing by Concealment and Artificial At- 

 traction, Photographing by Rope-work 

 on the Cliff-face, The photography of 

 Birds in Flight, Bird-photography in 

 Colour and in Cinematography, Photo- 

 graphing birds in Captivity. 



It is well worth the study of any 

 person desiring to go into this most 

 entertaining and attractive amuse- 

 ment, and the publishers are to be 

 complimented upon the unusually high 

 character not only of the illustrations 

 but the text of the work itself. 



