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New books and other publications will be revifwed in this department. Authors wishlns 

 pubiii-ations reviewed shoiilJ send iheiu to the Kditor, who will examine 'hem personally and 

 fjive them due consideration. 



"Anderson's Birds of Winnebago and Hancock Counties, Iowa." — The 

 second list of a series, wMcli it is hoped will continue to be published by Iowa 

 ornithologists. These lists have an inestimable value in the preparation of the 

 "Birds of Iowa" now underway by the I. O. A. committee. The topography of 

 these counties show that their greater area is prairie and marsh land and the large 

 number of water birds, seldom found in other' parts of the state, make this List 

 of especial value. The list is based mainly on observations made by the writer 

 within the last six years. Of the 216 species noted, 16 are classified as perma- 

 nent residents, 101 as summer residents and 99 as transient and winter visitors. 

 The list is handsomely printed, comparatively free from typographical errors 

 and is a welcome addidou to the ornithological literature of the state. 



"Forbush on the Crow in Massachusetts." This paper is di^s-ided into the 

 following headings: i. e.. Migration, Gregarious Habits, Mating and Nesting 

 Habits, Digestive Capacity of the Crow, Food of the Crow, the Protection of 

 the Crops, Is the Crow a Friend. Under each division there is from one to 

 eight pages of interesting and valuable information. In answering the often 

 asked question— Is the Crow a Friend?— the writer says : "The wholesale de- 

 struction of Crows is said to have been followed by a remarkable increase of in- 

 jurious insects, and from what is now known about the Crow's food we may 

 conclude that, unless the birds become unduly numerous, they are likely to be 

 of great service to the farmer. It will pay the farmer to sacrifice some portion 

 of his products to the Crow, provided he uses care that the cunning bird does not 

 over- reach him in his bargain." 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Forbush, E. H., "The Crow in Massachusetts." (Mass. Crop Report for 

 Augu.st, 1896, pp. 24-40.) 



Jones, Lynds, "General Notes." Bulletin, Nos. 9, 10, 11. WiLson Oru. 

 Chap. Agassiz Assn. July, Sept., Nov., 1896. 



Auk, Vol. 14, No. 1, January, 1897. 



Le Naturaliste Canadien, Vol. 23, Nos. 9-12, Oct., Dec, 1896. 



Museum, Vol. 3, Nos. 1-3, Nov.-Dec, 1896, Jan., 1897. 



Nidologist, Vol. Nos. 3, 4, 4, 5, (combined) Nov. -Dec. -Jan., 1896- '97. 



Oologist, Vol. 14, Nos. 1-2, Jan. Feb., 1897. 



Oregon Naturalist. 



Osprey, Vol. 1, No. 3, November, 1896, 



Popular Science News, Vol. 31, Nos. 1-2, Jan. -Feb., 1897. 



