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FuERTEs' 'Calendar of Game Birds.' 

 — While the printing of an artistically 

 designed little statement of days and 

 months on each of the large sheets (i8 x 14 

 in.) to which Mr. Fuertes' beautiful draw- 

 ings are attached, makes this publication 

 a 'calendar,' it might better be known as 

 an album or portfolio of paintings of birds 

 in nature. 



The species represented are the Can- 

 vasback, Willow Ptarmigan in winter 

 and in summer. King Rail, Sandhill Crane, 

 Ruffed Grouse, Wood Duck, , Upland 

 'Plover,' Bob-white, Mallard, Wild Tur- 

 key and Wild Goose. Acknowledged to 

 be America's leading ornithological por- 

 trait painter, Fuertes has here reached 

 a higher plane than that in which his 

 drawings show only the bird. In these 

 drawings he has placed his bird in the 

 landscape, and the result is not merely 

 a portrait but a picture. Long after this 

 'calendar' has been forgotten, these admir- 

 ably reproduced paintings will continue 

 to appeal to the nature-lover, who will 

 appreciate the spirit of the bird and season 

 they so strongly convey, while the lover of 

 the beautiful will be attracted by their 

 artistic excellence. The Calendar may be 

 obtained from its publishers, Moffat, 

 Yard & Co., or from L. A. Fuertes, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. The price, carriage paid, is $3.50. — ■ 

 F. M. C. 



Feathered Game of the North- 

 east. By Walter H. Rich. With 

 illustrations by the Author. New York. 

 Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 8vo. xvi + 

 432 pages. Colored frontispiece. 82 

 full-page half-tones. 



Practically all the Gallinae, Limicolse, 

 Rallidas and Anatidse of northeastern 

 United States are treated in this volume, 

 and nearly every species is illustrated. 

 While writing chiefly from the sports- 

 man's point of view, the author shows a 

 naturalist's interest in his subi'ect, and 

 much information is given concerning 

 the habits of those birds whose misfortune 



it is to be ranked as game. The book there>- 

 fore admirably supplements those works 

 which treat only of the land birds of the 

 northeastern States. — F. M. C. 



Album de Aves Amazonicas. Organi- 

 SADOPELO Professor Dr. Emilio A. 

 GoELDi. . . . Desenhos do Ernesto 

 Lohse. Supplemento illustrativo A' 

 Okra 'Aves do Brazil.' pelo Dr. Emilio 

 A. Goeldi. 



With the issue of the third part, this 

 important work is concluded. Designed 

 to illustrate Dr. Goeldi's 'Birds of Brazil,' 

 this album is also issued separately. It 

 contains, in all, 48 quarto plates and illus- 

 trates 420 species, in many instances, both 

 sexes being figured. The birds are excep- 

 tionally well drawn and, as a rule, satis- 

 factorily colored, and, notwithstanding 

 the fact that from ten to fifteen species are 

 often placed on a single plate, they are so 

 tastefully grouped as to produce a pleas- 

 ing effect. Dr. Goeldi should be congratu- 

 lated on his choice of an artist. No other 

 work contains so large a number of 

 colored illustrations of South American 

 birds. We have here then an adequate 

 pictorial exposition of one of the most 

 remarkable of avifaunse. This series of 

 plates framed would make a capital mu- 

 seum exhibit where funds were lacking to 

 secure specimens of the birds themselves. 



The 'Album' was proiected while Dr. 

 Goeldi was director of the Museum Goeldi 

 at Para. Since his resignation Dr. Goeldi 

 has resided in Berne, Switzerland, where 

 he may be addressed for further informa- 

 tion.— F. M. C. 



Abstract of the Proceedings of the 

 LiNNAEAN Society. Nos. 17-19, 1904- 

 07. Containing a List of the Birds of 

 Long Island, N. Y. By William C. 

 Braislin, M.D. 



From an average attendance of nine- 

 teen in 1903, the number has arisen to 

 thirty-four for the year ending March 12, 

 1907, and the figures are indicative of the 

 increased interest which has been shown in 



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