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Eggs of Noith American Birds by ("has. J May- 

 nard. ir^9 pages 10 full page hand colored plates 

 hv Mrs. Maynard, represcntipg the eggs of 82 

 species. Boston: De Wolfe. Fiske &;ro, H90. 



It is with pleasure that we announce 

 this Taluable work from the pen of this 

 well-known Atithor and Naturalist but 

 we too regret that it could not have 

 been placed on the market at least a 

 year oi' more ago for now owing to 

 Davie's Work, M:xynai-d's can only l)e 

 expected t > secure the patronage of col- 

 ectors that can afford more than one 

 work. We have not had the time to 

 examine the text carefully, as yet, so 

 can iuld no positive testimony as to 

 the convctness of the desci-iptions, but 

 owing to the autlior's standing as an 

 oologist we liave but brtle liesitancy in 

 pronouncing it botJi reliable and accu- 

 rate. It is a difficult matter to "pic- 



ture an egg" to suit one that "lives, 

 among them" so that if we speak too 

 harshly of the plates, it is trusted that 

 we are excfisable on that ground. 



Plate I is excellent and is a credit to 

 the Work. Some may think the Murre's 

 egg too high cohn-ed, but then it is 

 to be remembered that an egg of this 

 species is of almost any color. 



Plate II is fair and unquestionably 

 much better than the writei- could have 

 produced. The balance of the ten 

 plates are in our opinion "horrid" and 

 as a work of reference they have a ten- 

 dency to lower rather than increase its 

 value. Perhaps one-half the eggs rep- 

 resented on the last eight plates are 

 A'^ery fair but as to the other half, well, 

 the wi-iter had to look them up to find 

 what they were intended to represent. 

 We first "guessed" at what they were 

 but almost invariably found ourselves 

 "way oft'" and even now it is rather a 

 "sticker" for us to believe that the egg 

 intended to represent either the Red- 

 tailed or Red-shouldered Hawk was not 

 through an error numbered to rejore- 

 sent the Limpkin. 



The following description, which we 

 copy in full, of well known species will 

 give the readers of The Oologist an 

 accurate idea of the plan and scope of 

 the work: — 



519. House Finch, Carpodacits mex- 

 icanus frontalis. Eggs, 4 to 6, oblong 

 oval, pale bluish green, spt^ringly dot- 

 ted and lined with dark brown and 

 black; .60 x .80 to .65 x .85. Nests plac- 

 ed in tree and bushes, composed of 

 twigs, grass, and weeds, lined with soft 

 grass and hair. Breeds in the middle 

 of the United States, in May. 



683. Yellow-bkeasted Chat, Icter- 

 ia virens. Eggs, usuallj^ 4, often 8, and 

 rarely 5,, oval, glossy white, spotted 

 and blott'hed witli reddish brown and 

 lilac, often more thickly on the hirger 

 end, where there is sometimes a ring; 

 .65 X .85 to .70 X .95. Closely resemble 

 those of No. 674. Nests plact d in bush- 

 es, composed of coarse grasses, leaves, 

 and the stems of plants, lined with fin- 

 er material. Breeds in Eastern United 

 States west to the plains, from Georgia 

 north to Ontario and Massachusetts,, 

 where it is locally distril)uted. 



