AMERICAN ORNTTTIOLOCrY. i8i 



Tur^r of the Museum. Besides local collection of the birds about 

 Princeton, Mr. Scott went for material along the Atlantic Coast, several 

 trips to Florida, the south and middle West, and the West Indies. In 

 all of these localities, besides making additions to our knowledge of the 

 fauna of the region, he discovered new forms which had hitherto been 

 undescribed. The author is at present studying the living birds in cap- 

 tivity and has upwards of five hundred North American birds in a large 

 Aviary. Most of these were reared by hand from the nest and are per- 

 fectly contented in the large room which allows them plenty of liberty 

 and in which are a number of trees. It is expected that ultimately much 

 valuable knowledge will be gained from the studying of these birds, 

 especially as to the manner iti which the moult is accomplished and as 

 to whether a birds song is hereditary or acquired from hearing the 

 parents. Any one who is interested in bird life will find this volume 

 filled from cover to cover with valuable material from the pen of the 

 gifted author. As many of the incidents are as they occured over a 

 dozen years ago, they serve more forcibly to present the need of each 

 one doing his best to prevent the continued wholesale slaughter of our 

 native birds. 



The Bird Calendar, (R. H. Russell, New York.) 



One of the most unique calendars ever offered to the public. It con- 

 tains quotations of verse for every day in the year, and is illustrated 

 by nine plates of birds, from drawings, by the three color process. 

 The calendar is a gem except for the colored plates which are very 

 crude and unlifelike, and will probably detract a great deal from an 

 otherwise large sale. 



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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Mr. G. H. Abbot: The common partridge of New Hampshire is the 

 Ruffed Grouse. 



A. B. Keeler, Jr.: "I enclose a photo of a bird's nest taken on the 

 27th of March of this year. The nest was on the ground in a small 

 bunch of grass. It contained two eggs when discovered on the 23rd. 

 On the 25th it had three, and on the 27th I took this picture. I was 

 going to get some pictures of the young, but on the 31st the eggs were 

 missing and the birds were gone." Without doubt the eggs shown in 

 the photo are those of the Song Sparrow, although I have never heard 

 of their building in March even in Illinois. You should have placed 

 the camera lower so as to get a more lateral view of the nest, and you 

 should use a stop at least as small as f64 in order to get complete 

 detail of the whole nest. 



A. B. Hall, Photographs for our competition may be on any paper 

 except blue prints, and they can be of any size, but 4x5 or larger are 

 preferred. Photographs made last year may be entered if they have 

 not already been published. 



