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The B. O. C. Migration Report for 1905. 

 Bull. British Ornithologists' Club, Vol. 

 XVII, Report on the Immigrations of 

 Summer Residents in the Spring of 1905. 

 Edited by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. With- 

 erby &Co., 326 High Holborn, London, 

 1906. 8vo, 127 pages, 32 maps. 



Students of migration will find much of 

 interest in the first report of the Committee 

 on Migration of the British Ornithologists' 

 Club. This committee was appointed in 

 order to obtain from lighthouses along the 

 coasts and from inland observers in England 

 and Wales, certain detailed information 

 which was lacking in the inquiry conducted 

 by the Migration Committee of the British 

 Association some years ago. The present 

 report deals chiefly with twenty-nine species 

 of summer visitors, and an effort has been 

 made to ascertain "when and where these 

 birds entered the country, how they dis- 

 persed themselves over it, when they reached 

 their breeding-places, and finally, how some 

 of them passed through and out of the coun- 

 try." The account of each species is accom- 

 panied by a map on which the data are 

 plotted by symbols ingeniously devised to 

 show the locality, date, direction of flight, 

 and the different immigrations, which, in 

 the case of the wheatear, are separated into 

 six distinct movements. The number of ob- 

 servers and the comparatively limited area 

 covered, have enabled the committee to work 

 out the migration of the species observed 

 with greater detail than has ever been at- 

 tempted in the United States, although, as 

 in all work of the kind, the reports show 

 many gaps to be filled in from future obser- 

 vations. — T. S. P. 



Bird-Guide, Part I. Water Birds, Game 

 Birds and Birds of Prey East of the 

 Rockies. By Chester A. Reed, B. S. 

 Charles K. Reed, Worcester, Mass., 

 1906. Oblong, 5>-2 x 3X inches. 254 

 pages. 



This book should prove a very useful and 

 handy pocket guide to the birds of the ex- 

 tensive region east of the Rocky Mountains. 

 Its small size and flexible covers adapt it to 



this end no less admirably than its method 

 of illustration and treatment. The first 

 volume embraces all the orders from the 

 Grebes to the Owls, inclusive, in the order 

 of the American Ornithologists' Union's 

 Check List. 



The introductory matter includes a figure 

 showing the topography of a bird, and a 

 synopsis of the orders and families, illus- 

 trated with small line-cuts of bills and feet. 



With few exceptions, one page is devoted 

 to each species. Sub-species are briefly 

 mentioned under the head of the species. 

 The illustrations are of uniform size, and oc- 

 cupy the terminal third of each page. These 

 are not intended as finished works of art, 

 but as aids to identification. No attempt 

 has been made to represent every tint and 

 shade, but to give the general effect by the 

 addition of one or two colors, when needed, 

 to the black and white of the cut. The re- 

 sult is, in most cases, very satisfactory; in 

 fact, a large proportion of the figures will be 

 as useful for purposes of identification as 

 the most expensive plates. 



After the common and scientific names, 

 the bird's length is given in inches. Below 

 these is a short description of the bird and 

 its distinguishing characteristics, its haunts, 

 food and habits, all in one paragraph. In 

 many cases, a few words are then devoted to 

 "Notes." Under "Nest," the nest and eggs 

 are briefly described, and frequently the 

 breeding date is given. The final paragraph 

 is devoted to "Range."— W. DeW. M. 



Baby Bird-Finder. Illustrated. Volume 

 II. A Pocket Guide to the Common 

 Water and Game Birds and Hawks and 

 Owls of New England, with blank pages 

 for notes. By Harriet E. Richards, As- 

 sociate of American Ornithologists' Union. 

 W. A. Butterfield, Publisher, 59 Brom- 

 field St., Boston, Mass., 1906. 129 

 leaves. z% x^ inches. 



This is a companion volume to the " Baby 

 Path-Finder to the Birds" ('the name of 

 which has since been changed to 'Baby Bird- 

 Finder'J, which comprised the song-birds. 

 The treatment is identical with that of the 



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