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Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds. 

 Including the Geographical Distribution 

 of the Species and Popular Observations 

 Thereon. By Archibald James Camp- 

 bell. Melbourne. With map, 28 

 colored plates and 131 photographic 

 illustrations. Printed for the author by 

 Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, England. 

 1900. 8vo, 2 parts, xl -f- 1102 pages. 



In these two handsome volumes Mr. 

 Campbell presents the results of his long- 

 continued study of Australian birds, to- 

 gether with what has been learned by others 

 of their nesting habits, the whole forming 

 a thoroughly up-to-date treatise on the 

 subject. Of the some 765 species of Aus- 

 tralian birds the eggs of ' considerably over 

 600 are known,' as compared with the 413 

 which had been discovered at the time Mr. 

 Campbell published his ' Manual of the 

 Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds ' in 

 1883, an indication of the activity of Aus- 

 tralian field ornithologists in the past twenty 

 years. 



Several pages are often devoted to a single 

 species and the value of the text is greatly 

 enhanced by the addition of twenty-seven 

 admirably colored plates figuring the eggs 

 of over two hundred species, and particu- 

 larly by the presence of the one hundred 

 and thirty-one photographs from nature, 

 chiefly by the author, D. Le Souef, and 

 S. W. Jackson, illustrating the nests and 

 eggs of nearly as many species. 



Experience alone fits one to realize the 

 labor involved in the preparation of a work 

 of this kind, where the material is largely to 

 be gathered from nature often under circum- 

 stances entailing much hardship and expos- 

 ure of life and limb, and we can imagine 

 the well-deserved satisfaction with which 

 Mr. Campbell finally views the results of 

 his many years of conscientious work in 

 their present attractive form — a monument 

 to his patience, perseverance, and enthu- 

 siasm. 



Lack of space prohibits our going into 

 detail, but readers of Bird-Lore will recall 

 Mr. Campbell's interesting article on the 



' Bower-birds,' and in a future number we 

 shall print an illustrated paper by him on 

 the 'Mound-building Birds.' — F. M. C. 



Nestlings of Forest and Marsh. By 

 Irene Grosvenor Wheelock. With 

 Twelve Full -page Photogravures and 

 Many Illustrations in the Text from Orig- 

 inal Photographs from Nature by Harry 

 B. Wheelock. Chicago: A. C. McClurg 

 & Co. 1902. i2mo, 257 pages, 12 

 gelatine full-page prints, 57 half-tones in 

 the text. 



The author of this book is evidently a 

 keen observer and tireless student of birds 

 in nature. If her sympathy with them leads 

 her to over-humanize her subjects, we may 

 pardon this failing for her many interesting 

 and novel observations which . she records 

 with due detail. 



Her studies have been made in the vicin- 

 ity of Chicago, and she has evidently had 

 unusually good opportunities to observe cer- 

 tain species — opportunities of which she 

 has availed herself so effectively that her 

 book contains much that is novel, and it is 

 distinctly an important contribution to the 

 literature o! field ornithology. 



The photographic illustrations serve well 

 to illustrate the text and also the difficulties 

 of this side of bird study. The text cuts 

 would appear to better advantage if they 

 had been printed on coated paper. — F. M. C. 



Among the Water-fowl. Observation, 

 Adventure, Photography. A Popular 

 Narrative Account of the Water-fowl as 

 Found in the Northern and Middle States 

 and Lower Canada, East of the Rocky 

 Mountains. By Herbert K. Job. Pro- 

 fusely illustrated by photographs from 

 nature, mostly by the author. New York: 

 Doubleday, Page & Co. 1902. Sq. 

 8vo, xxi - 224 pages, 97 half-tones. 



The admirable series of articles by Mr. 

 Job, published in ' Everybody's Magazine ' 

 during the past spring, is here attractively 

 presented in book form. 



Although these essays practically intro- 

 duce Mr. Job to the public as a student of 

 birds with a camera, he has had a wide 



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