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Swenk ; 'A Comparison of the Bird-life 

 Found in the Sand-Hill Region of Holt 

 County in 1883-84 and in 1901,' by Law- 

 rence Bruner; 'Some General Remarks 

 upon the Distribution of Life in Northwest 

 Nebraska,' by Merritt Cary (illustrated ; 

 ' Notes on the Nesting of Some Sioux 

 County Birds," by M. A. Carriker, Jr. 

 (illustrated): 'Bird and Nest Photography,' 

 by L S. Trostler; 'Record of Nebraska 

 Ornithology,' by R. H. Wolcott; Obitu- 

 ary Notices and Miscellaneous Notes. — 

 F. M. C. 



The Ornithological Magazines 



Bulletin of the Michigan Orni- 

 thological Club. — "After a few years of 

 apparent sleep, the Michigan Ornithological 

 Club has again become active, and likewise 

 its BuU-etin, which discontinued publication 

 (with Volume III, No. 2) in April, 1899, 

 leaving Nos. 3 and 4 unpublished, has 

 taken on a new lease of life, and again ap- 

 pears as the regular record of the club." — 

 [Editorial.] 



The present number of the 'Bulletin' con- 

 tains ' In Memoriam — Thomas Mcllwraith,' 

 by William E. Saunders, with a full-page 

 portrait of Mr. Mcllwraith; 'Some Work 

 for Michigan Ornithologists to Do,' by 

 William Dutcher, urging the club to take 

 an active part in bird-protection measures ; 

 ' Some Hints for Bird Study,' by Walter 

 B. Barrows, containing some sound advice ; 

 'A List of the Land Birds of Southeastern 

 Michigan,' by Bradshaw H. Swales ; ' Sug- 

 gestions for a Method of Studying the 

 Migration of Birds,' by Leon J. Cole, 

 which the club would do well to act upon; 

 ' Personals," ' Editorials,' ' Book News and 

 Reviews,' ' Notes from Field and Museum,' 

 and a ' Membership Roll ' in which all 

 ornithologists of the Great Lake Region 

 should have their names included. 



The ' Bulletin ' is edited by Alexander 

 W. Blair, Jr., 131 Elmwood Avenue, De- 

 troit, Michigan, to whom communications 

 may be addressed. — F. M. C. 



The Condor.— In the May number of 

 ' The Condor ' students of bird migration 

 will find an interesting account, by W. 



Otto Emerson, of 'A Remarkable Flight of 

 Louisiana Tanagers ' at Haywards, Cali- 

 fornia. Although seldom seen during the 

 spring migration in this locality, the birds 

 were very abundant from May 12 to 28, 

 1896. They were also unusually abundant 

 about eight days earlier at Pasadena, in the 

 southern part of the state. At both places 

 they did much damage to cherries, and con- 

 sequently were shot in large numbers, the 

 number killed at Haywards being estimated 

 at 600 to 1,000. 



Under the caption ' Nesting Dates for 

 Birds in the Denver District, Colorado,' 

 Fred M. Dille has summarized the results 

 of many seasons' collecting in the Rocky 

 Mountain region for the use of those who 

 desire to obtain specimens or photographs of 

 nests, eggs or young birds. From the data 

 here presented it appears that complete sets 

 of eggs of most of the Colorado birds may 

 be found between May 15 and June 15. 

 Nesting habits are also treated in three other 

 papers (all illustrated). These are 'Two 

 Vireos [Cassin's and the Western War- 

 bling] caught with a Camera,' by William 

 L. Finley ; ' The Harris Hawk on His 

 Nesting Ground,' near Corpus Christi, 

 Texas, by Mrs. F. M. Bailey ; and 'A 

 Strange Nesting Site of Calypto anna,'' on 

 a telegraph pole in the main street of Santo 

 Monica, California, by W. Lee Chambers. 



The status of ' The California Yellow 

 Warbler' is discussed by Joseph Grinnell, 

 who reviews the history of the western bird 

 and names it Dendrolca cestiim breivsteri, 

 basing his description on a specimen col- 

 lected at Palo Alto, California. Dendroica 

 a. morcomi, described from a bird taken at 

 Fort Bridger, Wyoming, is treated as a 

 synonym of D. asti'va. Two faunal papers 

 'Stray Notes from Southern Arizona, ' by 

 F. H. Fowler; 'Bird Notes from Eastern 

 California and Western Arizona,' by Frank 

 Stephens ; and two short notes on Hawaiian 

 birds by William Alanson Bryan also de- 

 serve mention. Stephens' paper contains the 

 first instalment of notes on the species ob- 

 served in the summer of 1902 in a little 

 known region of the Colorado desert and 

 will be concluded in the next number. — 

 T. S. P. 



