102 Tpie Wilson Bulletin — No. 83. 



Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orcliard. Prepared in the 

 Bureau of Biological Survey, Henry W. Heushaw, Chief. Farm- 

 ers' Bulletin 513. 1913. 



The fifty figures are from the pen of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and 

 all are colored. The mechanical work is for the most part good. 

 This pamphlet is intended as a handy guide in the hands of the 

 farmers, and besides the colored pictures contains much valuable 

 information concerning the birds treated. l. .j. 



Birds of the Thomas County Forest Reserve. By John T. Zim- 

 mer, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Proceedings. April 14, 1913. 

 Vol. V, Part 5. 



This amounts to an ecological survey of the region of this For- 

 est Reserve, as far as the birds are concerned. The two life zones 

 treated are the sandhills of the Upper Sonora and the prairies 

 of the Carolinian. Each zone is treated topically according to 

 the character of the country, and the birds grouped under the 

 several heads. Thus the birds are not treated according to their 

 taxonomic relationships, but according to their habitat distribution. 



L. J. 



A Revision of the Genus Chaemepelia. By W. E. Clyde Todd. 

 Reprinted from the Annals of the Carnegie Museum. Vol. VIII, 

 Nos. 3-4, 1913. Pp. 507-603. 



This is a technical paper relating to the Ground Doves. A new 

 genus, Eupelia, is here separated oft from the one under discus- 

 sion, and three new subspecies are described. The paper occupies 

 almost a hundred pages and appears to be a thorough revision of 

 this group of Ground Dove. l. j. 



Cassinia. A Bird Annual. Proceedings of the Delaware Val- 

 ley Ornithological Club of Philadelphia, 1912. Issued February, 

 1913. 



The appearance of this annual upon our desk is always an in- 

 spiration. It is not merely the value of its contents, but the spirit 

 of optimism which emanates from it. V^^ith an environment of an 

 old settled country and a dense population, one who is favored by 

 living in an open country might well question whether thre was 

 anything in an open country might well question whether there was 

 yet here is a thriving bird club, with a big city at it its center, 

 and it is putting out every year the results of work of the first 

 order. Long may it thrive and continue its work. l. j. 



