206 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 97 



PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED 



" Some Bird Friends," by Henry F. Pullen, Victoria, B. C. Pub- 

 lished by the Free Lance Company, Victoria, British Columbia, 

 Canada. 



There are thirty pages of text, including twenty-three half-tone 

 cuts in the text, besides a full page frontispiece and a full page 

 ocean scene facing the last page. The delicately tinted cream-buff 

 paper makes a pleasing combination with the black type, but is 

 not well adapted to half-tone reproductions. It is possible that a 

 coarser mesh screen would have given a better effect. Fifteen of 

 the headings relate to bird species which are common in the region 

 which is here under discussion, while the headings "Game Birds" 

 and "Birds of the Swamp" cover several species respectively. It 

 is a popular treatise, written in entertaining style, intended to 

 please while instructing. To one who is familiar with the region 

 those essays call up visions of the pure bracing air, with the taint 

 of the ocean in it, the vast reaches of the dark green forests, and 

 the feling of limitless freedom peculiar to the far west. 



" Conservation of Our Wild Birds," by Bradford A. Scudder. Is- 

 sued by the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Associa- 

 tion, Boston. 



" Birds that We Should Encourage to Nest About Our Country 

 Homes," " Nesting-Boxes," " Martin Houses," " Bird Baths," " Win- 

 ter Feeding of Birds," " Berry and Seed Bearing Trees and 

 Shrubs," "Aquatic Plants," " The Establishment of a Sanctuary," 

 " Enemies of Wild Birds," " Bibliography of Works Pertaining to 

 Birds and the Out-of-Doors," > with four illustrations, indicate the 

 nature of the subject matter and the nature of this 71-page bro- 

 chure. Its value is enhanced because of the completeness of the 

 topics, and the clearness with which the topics are handled. It id 

 made clear that not all birds can be attracted by the same methods, 

 or by one method of treatment. We take issue with the author 

 that the Barred Owl is very destructive to wild bird life. In our 

 experience it is less so than the Screech Owl. Of course there may 

 may be a difference in different districts. We commend this pub- 

 lication as an aid to the conservation of our wild birds. l. j. 



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