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minds us of his mellow voice. As daylight brightens the kerr, kerr, 

 kerr, of the Redhead becomes more boisterous; his drumming on the 

 hollow tree is louder and, with the hoarse voice of the flycatcher, the 

 loud notes of the Carolina Wren, the tweet, tweet of the sandpiper and 

 bass notes of the clucking blackbird tells us that the day has been 

 opened in the temple of nature by choristers whose voices are those of 

 the Master. 



These beauties can be seen and these songs can be heard in the 

 newly-born Empress of the twelve months — the month of June. 



BOOK REVIEW, 



My Woodland Intimates, (The Baker & Taylor Company, New York) 

 by Effie Bignell, author of "Mr. Chupes and Miss Jenny." Net $1.00. 



Woodland life, beautifully depicted throughout the cycle of the four 

 seasons. The author has the keenest sympathy and closest friendship 

 with all the animals of her grove, and her stories of their lives through- 

 out the year are replete with interest. She introduces us to her wood- 

 land friends in the month of August, that time when most of the birds 

 are hiding during the moulting season, and the woods are still except 

 for the joyous carols of the goldfinch, the plaintive call of the pewee, 

 the crude song of the newly fledged young, and the loud drumming of 

 the harvest flies. We pass on through Fall with its hordes of departing 

 birds and myriads of late flowers to desolate Winter with its leafless 

 trees and birdless woods, save for the merry titmice and snowbirds. 



Through the lengthening days of Spring to the time of love-making 

 and home building, we are carried, and our interest is held in a master- 

 ful style until the last of the two hundred and forty pages have been 

 read. Would that books such as this, and "Mr. Chupes and Miss 

 Jenny" might find their way into the hands of all the young generation, 

 that they might be taught to refrain from the bird killing and trapping 

 that is now being carried on for pleasure and profit. 



The Story of a Bird Lover, (The Outlook Co., New York), by Will- 

 iam Earl Dodge Scott). Net, $1.50. 



Mr. Scott is well known to the public as a leading ornithologist,' 

 through his numerous publications and contributions to scientific and 

 ornithological magazines. The present volume is the story of his 

 numerous researches in various parts of the country for ornithological 

 material and data. The first chapters are devoted to his childhood, and 

 college days and the causes that influenced him to take up his present 

 life work. After a few months work for a taxidermist in New York, he 

 entered the employ of Princeton college, of which institution he is now 



