﻿Book Notes and Reviews 



177 



that "what we need in the future ... is 

 more detailed and accurate data; and the 

 plan of organizing large corps of observers 

 at several important centers as above de- 

 scribed, is suggested as a means toward that 

 end." ' The Land Birds of San Onofre, 

 California,' are listed by Joseph Dixon, 

 ■who identified sixty-three species on the old 

 Mexican land grant of that name in North- 

 western San Diego county. In ' Notes on 

 Birds Observed While Traveling from Yo- 

 kohama to Manila, ' McGregor callsattention 

 to the fact that Gulls and seabirds of all 

 kinds are comparatively rare in Philippine 

 waters, although they are well represented 

 in Japan. Only two species of Gulls have 

 thus far been recorded from the Philippines. 

 The number closes with a ' Directory of 



Members of the Cooper Ornithological 

 Club,' which shows that the membership on 

 June 1, 1906, comprised 2 honorary and 

 about 230 active members. Since the organi- 

 zation the club has lost seventeen members 

 by death.— T. S. P. 



Journal of the Maine Ornithological 

 Society. — The June issue of this Journal 

 contains such an admirable picture of a 

 singing Song Sparrow that we have re- 

 quested permission to reproduce it in Bird- 

 Lore. Rare, indeed, are the bird photo- 

 graphs which so satisfactorily portray the 

 spirit of their subjects. The text includes 

 'Inhabitants of Alders and Evergreens,' 

 by Dana W. Sweet; ' Contributions to the 

 Life History of the Black-throated Blue 



song sparrow 



Photographed from nature by Chas. H. Tolman, Portland, Me. Published by courtesy of 

 The Journal of the Maine Ornithological Society 



