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Mr. Wright, for example, finds that 

 birds arrive periodically rather than 

 nightly and, consequently, that migrants 

 remain in the garden over one or more 

 nights after their arrival. Migration, 

 therefore, is not continuous, but is accom- 

 plished by a succession of flights between 

 w^hich no newcomers will be found. 



Mr. Wright's habit of recording the 

 number of individuals, as well as the names 

 of the species observed, gives us some 

 interesting data in regard to the make-up 

 of the mixed bird companies one encoun- 

 ters during migration. For example, 

 thirty-three Warblers seen on May 19, 

 1900, represented no less than 16 species; 

 while four days later 32 Warblers repre- 

 sented 15 species; and on May 16, 1905, 

 37 Warblers of 18 species were recorded. 



The little book abounds in interesting 

 details of this kind, and tempts quotation 

 more strongly than many a weightier 

 volume. We commend it, therefore, very 

 cordially to all field students, without 

 reference to the distance which they live 

 from Boston Common. — F. M. C. 



A Bibliography of California Orni- 

 thology. By Joseph Grinnell. A 

 contribution from the Museum of Verte- 

 brate Zoology of the University of Cali- 

 fornia. Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 5. 

 Published by the Cooper Ornithological 

 Club. 1909. Royal 8vo. 166 pages. 



The literature of American ornithology 

 has increased so enormously since the 

 publication of Coues' bibliography in 

 1878, that without additional compilations 

 it has become impossible for us to keep 

 account of our constantly growing stock 

 of information. This is particularly true 

 of the state treated by the bibliography in 

 question, about five-sixths of the titles 

 included by Mr. Grinnell, relating to 

 publications which have appeared since 

 1878. It may be added that although this 

 bibliography covers a period of in years 

 (i 797-1907) over one-half the papers 

 listed have appeared during the seventeen 

 years since the Cooper Ornithological 

 Club was founded. 



It is needless to say that Mr. Grinnell's 

 task is admirably done; his brief anno- 



tations are to the point, and to the bibliog- 

 raphy proper are added a number of 

 indices which greatly increase the refer- 

 ence value of the work. — F. M. C. 



Index to the Bulletin of the Cooper 

 Ornithological Club, Vol. i, 1899, 

 and its continuation The Condor, Vols. 

 II— X, 1900-1908. Compiled and edited 

 by Henry Barroilhet Kaeding. Pa- 

 cific Coast Avifauna No. 6. Published 

 by the Cooper Ornithological Club. 

 1909. Royal. 8vo. iv-l-48 pages. 



It goes without saying that every stu- 

 dent of the bird-life of western North 

 America should have access to 'The Con- 

 dor,' and it is equally true that to every 

 one who has occasion to refer to the pages 

 of this excellent magazine this index to 

 its first ten volumes should be available. 



We congratulate the Cooper Club on 

 the admirable showing which this synopsis 

 of the work of its first decade reveals, 

 and join with other ornithologists in 

 thanking Mr. Kaeding for adding to our 

 library an exceedingly useful volume. — 

 F. M. C. 



[British] BiRDS in Their Haunts. By 

 the late Rev. C. A. Johns. Edited, re- 

 vised and annotated by J. A. Owen. 

 With 64 colored plates (256 figures), by 

 William Foster. New York. E. P. But- 

 ton & Co. 8vo. xxvi-l-326 pages. 



In this new edition of Mr. John's work 

 the text is brought up to date by Mr. 

 Owen, and the publishers have added a 

 series of drawings by William Foster, 

 figuring every species in color. The text 

 is readable and informing, the illustra- 

 tions satisfactory, those of the larger 

 birds particularly, showing Mr. Foster 

 to be a bird artist of exceptional ability. 

 The work, therefore, makes a useful 

 handbook of British birds.— F. M. C. 



MiG Robin: His Story. By Emma C. 

 Crummer. With Illustrations by the 

 .\uthor. W. F. Crummer, Oak Park, 

 111. 1909. i2mo. 120 pages. 



" Migratoria Robin" is here made to tell 

 the story of his youth and growth, his 

 migrations, courtship, nest-building and 

 home-life, together with various experi- 



