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or about two-fifths of the total number of 

 North and Middle American birds. 



Part IV, which will contain the Thrushes, 

 Mockingbirds, Larks, Starlings, Weaver 

 Birds, Sharp-bills, Tyrant Flycatchers, 

 Manakins and Chatterers, is said to have 

 been about half completed in September 

 last. Doubtless its appearance will be de- 

 layed by Mr. Ridgway's absence in Costa 

 Rica, but even those students to whom this 

 treatise proves most useful and who, conse- 

 quently, are most eager to see it advanced, 

 cannot but rejoice that its industrious author 

 has been induced to take a much - needed 

 rest— F. M. C. 



The Adventures of Cock Robin and his 

 MATE. By R. Kearton, with upwards 

 of I20 illustrations from photographs taken 

 direct from nature by Cherry and Rich- 

 ard Kearton. Cassell & Company, Ltd. 

 1904. i2mo. Pages xvi + 240. 



In this book Cock Robin tells not only 

 the history of his own life but adds much 

 information concerning the ways of other 

 feathered folk. Designed primarily for 

 younger readers, no one can fail to be inter- 

 ested in the striking photographs from 

 nature with which the book is illustrated. 

 The Kearton brothers have the knack of 

 making not only good, but artistic bird 

 pictures, and the generous supply they have 

 given this, their latest work, places it far 

 above the usual run of children's nature 

 books.— F. M. C. 



Birds by Land and Sea: The Record of a 

 Year's Work with Field-glass and Cam- 

 era. By John Maclair Boraston. Il- 

 lustrated by photographs taken direct 

 from nature by the author. John Lane, 

 London and New York. 8vo. Pages 

 xiv -L 282 ; half-tone ills., 72. 



The author gives in this book the gist 

 of almost daily observation of birds in 

 Stretford, England, and the surrounding 

 districts from September, r902, to Septem- 

 ber, 1903. The area of observation has 

 been extended by occasional excursions over 

 the Cheshire border, while the account also 

 includes the narrative of the author's ex- 

 perience during a summer holiday spent in 

 the Island of Anglesey. He has set down 

 his experiences in chapters devoted to the 



successive months of the year. Not the least 

 attractive and valuable feature of this book 

 is the series of photographs which the author 

 has succeeded in taking. 



The Ornithological Magazines 



Journal of the Maine Ornithological 

 Society. — Besides the numerous notes on 

 the occurrence and breeding of various birds 

 in Maine, the July number contains the 

 conclusion of A. H. Norton's careful paper 

 on the ' Finches of Maine,' the second of 

 the Warbler series, by J. M. Swain, treat- 

 ing of Wilson's Warbler, and an article by 

 F. J. Noble on the ' Feeding Habits of the 

 Turnstone.' — W. S. 



Bulletin of the Michigan Ornitho- 

 logical Club. — The leading articles of the 

 September issue are the first instalment of 

 Prof. W. Barrows, paper on ' Birds of the 

 Beaver Islands ' and one on ' Nesting of 

 Kirtland's Warbler in 1904.' An editorial 

 announces the steps taken bv the state game- 

 warden to protect this bird, including the 

 revoking of all collecting permits so far as 

 this species is concerned. A page is de- 

 voted to the Michigan Audubon Society, 

 and a frontispiece represents Cory's and the 

 Least Bittern, from wash drawings by 

 Taverner. — W. S. 



Book News 



The success accorded Mr. W. Leon 

 Dawson's ' Birds of Ohio ' has induced 

 him to project a similar work on the birds 

 of Washington. Details of the proposed 

 publication may be obtained from Mr. 

 Dawson, at Blaine, Wash. 



William Watson Woollen, of Indianapo- 

 lis, has almost ready for publication a bird 

 book, to be entitled 'Buzzard's Roost: A 

 Bird Study.' Mr. Woollen has made a 

 special study of our common birds. 



Among the official state bird lists, now in 

 course of preparation, are those on the birds 

 of Connecticut, by J. H. Sage and L. B. 

 Bishop; the birds of New York, by E. H. 

 Eaton, and the birds of Minnesota, by T. S. 

 Roberts. 



