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New Books anJ otlier publications will be rpviewed in this department. Aiitlmrs 

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

 ihem personally and give them due cons-ideration. 



■■Bird Neighbors," An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and 

 lifty birds commonly found in tiie gardens, meadows, and woods about our 

 homes, by Neltye Blanchan. with introduction by John Burroughs, and 

 :"S0 colored plates, New Yorlc. Doubleday & McClure Co.. 1897. Cloth $2. 



This unique book of 234 pages ought to be a great help to the young 

 student of birds, and enables every one to know their •■bird neighbors." 



It is, as John Burroughs says in introduction ■•a "reliable work and is 

 written in a vivacious strain by a real bird lover and should prove a help 

 and a stiiiiulus to any one who seeks by the aid of its pages to become 

 better acquainted with our songsters. The descriptions are free from 

 technicalities. For the beginner who wishes to get acquainted with his 

 or her neighbors it is hard to find a better book with so many colored 

 plates at so small a cost. -'C. F. H." 



■•Heligoland as an Ornithological Observatory, the result of fifty years 

 experience," by Heinrich Gaetke. translated by Rudolph Rosenstock, M 

 A. Oxon, Edinburgh, David Douglas; 10 Castle street. .599 pages. 23s. (kl. 



Herr Gaetke's ■•Heligoland" is beyond question a remarkable book, it 

 was originally published in German, and in 189.5 received the compliment 

 of being made accessible to English readers. An ornithologist in high 

 standing has pronounced it to •'one of the most original, most remarkable 

 and most valuable books ever written about birds." Herr Gaetke's book 

 consists of three parts, entitled respecti\<'ly ••Migration of Birds" 

 (pp 3-148). ••Changes in the Color of tiie Plumage of Birds without 

 Moulting." (pp 149-164). and an •'Account of the Birds Observed in Heligo- 

 land" (pp 165-588). 



Part I is divided into nine chapters. Tlie first cliapter treats of the 

 ••Course of Migration generally in Heligoland." (pp 3-23 



II. Direction of tiie Migration Plight (pp 24-45). 



III. Altitude of the Migration B'liglit (pp 46-62). 



IV. Velocity of tlie Migration Fliglit (pp 63-73). 



V. Meteorological Conditions which Influence Migrati(ni (74-99). 



VI. Order of Migration according to Age and Sex. 



VII. Exceptional Migration Phenomena (pp 114-130). 



VIII. What (;ui(h's Birds during tin-ir Migration (pp 131-142)'.' 



