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New Books and other publications will be reviewed in this department. Authors 

 wishing publications reviewed should send them to the Editor, who will examine thein 

 personally and give them due consideration. 



"A. O. U. Check-list of Amer- 

 ican Birds." This book was pre- 

 pared by a committee appointed 

 by the Union, namely, Elliott 

 Coues, J. A. Allen, Robert Ridg- 

 way, William Brewster, and H. 

 W. Henshaw. This is the sec- 

 ond and revised edition, the 

 original edition was published in 

 1885. The new edition includes 

 numerous additions and nomen- 

 clatural changes made since the 

 publication of the first, together 

 with a revision of the "habitats" 

 of the species and sub-species, 

 but omitting the Code of Nomen- 

 clature, which was published sep- 

 arately in 1892. It is expected 

 that the new Check-list will re- 

 main without another edition for 

 at least ten years. It should be 

 in the hands of every ornitholo- 

 gist. 



"The Popular Science News" 

 for January is much improved 

 and enlarged. This magazine 

 fills a special field; it seems that 

 it is intended more for the gene- 



ral reader than the specialist, yet 

 neither can afford to be without 

 it. Probably there is no paper 

 in America that is doing more to 

 popularize science and to interest 

 the general public in scientific 

 knowledge, than this journal. 

 We do not hesitate to recom- 

 mend it to an}' one who desires 

 to keep abreast with the discov- 

 eries and news in the scientific 

 world. 



The December, 1895, issue of 

 the ' 'Nidologist" shows a marked 

 improvement by way of illustra- 

 tions. Among the features above 

 par, the elegant design on the 

 cover presents itself. The view 

 of Heligoland, "the magnetic 

 pole of the bird world," is of con- 

 summate interest. Last, but not 

 of the least value, is the half- 

 tone of the bretheren at the A. 

 O. U. Congress at Washington; 

 this illustration alone is worth a 

 year's subscription. 



"The American Zoologist and 

 Journal of Science" made its ap- 



