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habits, make her story not only an interest- 

 ing, but valuable contribution to the litera- 

 ture of biographical ornithology. — F. M. C. 



The Ornithological Magazines 

 The Osprey. — Since our last notice the 

 January-February and March-April num- 

 bers of ' The Osprey ' have appeared. The 

 following list gives the titles of the papers, 

 all of which contain much of general inter- 

 est: 'A Trip to the Dismal Swamp,' by 

 Paul Bartsch ; ' William Swainson and 

 His Times' and 'The Osprey or Fishhawk,' 

 by Dr. Gill; 'Photographing the Capri- 

 mulgidae,' by H. K. Job; 'Warden's (the 

 first) List of the Birds of the District of 

 Columbia,' by William Palmer, and ' Nest- 

 ing of the Inca Dove in Mexico,' by Josiah 

 H. Clark. 



The articles by Dr. Gill and Paul Bartsch 

 appear in both numbers, and will be com- 

 pleted in some subsequent issue. It is 

 evident that the original photographs were 

 good, consequently we are sorry a little 

 more care was not exercised in making the 

 reproductions, for most of the illustrations 

 are poor. — A. K. F. 



The Wilson Bulletin No. 34. — Begin- 

 ning with this number Frank L. Burns as- 

 sumes responsibility for the editorial and 

 general management of the 'Bulletin,' 

 which is now issued from Berwyn, Pa. 

 The subject matter consists of a number of 

 short articles, general notes, editorial re- 

 marks and notices of publications received. 

 Among the more important and interesting 

 articles may be mentioned the following: 

 ' Rough-winged Swallows Nesting on a 

 Government Tug in Port Royal Harbor,' 

 by Walter Hoxie; ' Bachman's Sparrow in 

 DeKalb County, Georgia,' by R. W. 

 Smith ; ' Notes on the Mergansers,' by 

 William B. Haynes; 'The First 20th Cen- 

 tury Horizon at Oberlin, Ohio,' by Lynds 

 Jones; 'Vernacular Ornithology of Dela- 

 ware ' and ' Crow Language,' by the Edi- 

 tor. Under the heading of ' Birds of Penn- 

 sylvania,' et al., by B. H. Warren, M. D., 

 we get an insight into the history of these 

 publications ordered printed by authority of 

 the Commonwealth, and consequently have 

 a better understanding of the vague rumors 



which have drifted beyond the borders of 

 the state. — A. K. F. 



The Condor. — The May-June number 

 of ' The Condor ' presents an unusually 

 interesting series of articles and notes. Barn- 

 hart describes the breeding habits of the 

 Fulvous Tree Duck, Anthony contributes 

 notes on the Guadalupe W^ren, Skinner con- 

 tinues his papers on Mexican birds with an 

 account of Trogon caligatus, and Beck de- 

 scribes his experiences in collecting eggs of 

 the Golden Eagle in Santa Clara county, 

 Cal., in an article illustrated with three 

 plates. The more technical papers contain 

 descriptions of five new birds from the Gal- 

 apagos, Clipperton, and Cocos Islands by 

 Heller and Snodgrass; and two new Yellow- 

 throats from the coast of California by Grin- 

 nell. The Yellowthroat of the southern 

 coast district is described as Geothlypis trichas 

 scirpacala, while that from the vicinity of 

 San Francisco Bay is named Geothlypis 

 trichas sinuosa. There is the usual array 

 of valuable field notes, among which should 

 be mentioned the record of a Floresi's Hum- 

 mingbird taken at Haywards Feb. 20, i9or, 

 by W. O. Emerson. This is the third known 

 specimen of this rare bird and the second 

 one collected in California. 



The compilation of a State List, including 

 an index to the literature pertaining to Cal- 

 ifornia birds, has been undertaken by Grin- 

 nell, who issues a call for information and 

 especially for notes on water birds. Orni- 

 thologists throughout the country will wel- 

 come such a work, and with the active 

 support of the Cooper club there is every 

 reason to hope that it will prove more suc- 

 cessful than previous attempts of this kind. 



Exceptional opportunities for systematic 

 bird study during the summer vacation are 

 offered in the mountains and on the coast. 

 Two courses are announced : one by W. W. 

 Price, at his camp in the Sierras near Lake 

 Tahoe, June 15-Sept. 15, and the other by 

 Joseph Grinnell, in connection with the 

 summer school of the Hopkins Seaside Lab- 

 oratory at Pacific Grove on Monterey Bay, 

 June lo-July 20. The localities selected 

 are ideal for work of this kind, and the 

 inauguration of such courses deserves the 

 highest commendation. — T. S. P. 



