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BOOK REVIEWS. 



Elementary Studies in Insect Life, by Prof. S. J. Hunter (Crane and 

 Co.) While this book is intended primarily as a text book for schools 

 and colleges, it is also a very pleasing and instructive book for the 

 general reader. It is the latest book on the subject of insects and is 

 fully up-to-date. It will prove of great value to agriculturists and hor- 

 ticulturists, separating as it does the beneficial insects from the harm- 

 ful and relating the best methods for the preservation of the former 

 and the destruction of the latter. The drawings for the illustrations 

 were prepared from the living specimens and fully illustrate the inter- 

 esting changes that occur in the lives of common insects. 



The Birds of Wyoming, by Wilbur C. Knight. (Bulletin No. 55 of 

 the University of Wyoming.) This is a complete list of all the birds 

 known to have occurred in Wyoming, making a total of 288 species 

 and sub-species. It is illustrated with numerous full page half tones 

 from drawings by Mr. Frank Bond. The volume is prefaced with a 

 Note on Studying Birds, in which the author says, "To the citizens of 

 Wyoming, let me ask that they interest their boys in the study of birds." 

 and again, " I would recommend that you commence to make a col- 

 lection of skins immediately, for in no other way can you accumulate 

 really valuable data." It is extremely unfortunate that this latter rec- 

 ommendation should have been contained in so valuable a work 

 and one which will probably be widely distributed throughout the 

 state. If even a small percentage of the citizens of Wyoming interest 

 their boys in the study of birds along the lines suggested above, not 

 only will no valuable data be accumulated but the state will sustain an 

 irreparable loss. It is the study of the living bird that will broaden 

 the mind and stimulate our youths for greater exertions With the 

 exception of this one chapter, this volume is one of the best and most 

 attractive state bird publication that has been my fortune to examine. 



The Summer Birds of Central Texas, by Mr. A. E. Schutze. A twen- 

 ty-eight page booklet treating solely of the birds that are known to 

 remain and breed within the prescribed limits. 



The Audubon Calendar for 1903, (Taber-Prang Art Co.) The 

 annual calendar of the Audubon societies is composed of six large lith- 

 ographed sheets Illustrating the following birds: Snow Bunting, Fox 

 Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Wood Thrush, Meadowlark and Red Cross- 

 bills. The drawings for the lithographs were prepared by Mrs. J. W. 

 Elliott, 



