SOli ThK WllSON ru'iTKTix — \o. S5 



In uiy opinion, this work in its tvontnuMU oxoniplitios — anatom- 

 ically, tvologioally and otliorvviso — one of the very best n\ethods of 

 setting; forth, in popular fashion, what wo have learned \ip to date 

 alnnit some particular bird. — the O^umot in the present instauee. 

 It gives us maivj of the world and si>ecial localities presenting tlie 

 " Distributiou of tlie SuJhIa' fGamiets and Boobies')"; there are 

 fine half-tone reproductions of photographs s;lvowli\g maii|i- places, 

 islands, and so on. where these birds still breed or are found in 

 large numlvrs : there is a fairly gov>d bibliography presenteil. and 

 a history of the names of the Gannets. The ecoloc:>' is^ adu\irable. 

 and there are boantiful (.wloroii plato* of eggs and young. "NVe also 

 have chapters ou development; on the embryo and allieil snbjei'tjs, 

 with fiut\ illustrated chapters on the nnaton\y of the tiannets which, 

 while sutliciently exteivsive. are of a character sv^ well within the 

 lines of ivpular trejitnient as to l>o not only quite readable, but in 

 no way calculateil to alarm the pure systematist or to rntlle the 

 waters of even-going ornithology. 



ATe find some excellent history on the -Mortality among Oau- 

 nets.-' "Gannets as Food," "Attainable Ages of Ganuets." and even 

 an admirable, illustrated chapter on " The Parasites Infesting Gan- 

 nets." with a brief treatment on the known cKamplos of fossil forms 

 of these birds. 



We have mai^v bird-forms in t.bis «.\nuitry which it would well 

 repay some bivad ornithological writer to work up as Mr. Gnrney 

 has the Gaunet — birds, too. which are now being rapiiU;^- exter- 

 minated. Among these I would suggest the flamingo, the limpkiu 

 (Arawu^), road-runuer (Ck^ycoccshv) , and othei*s. 



Let us trust that American oruithologists will appre<.>iate Mr. 

 Gurney's " Ganuet," and that many ^x->pies of it will be sold iu this 

 country. 



Faithfully yours. 



E. W. Snt-FELDT. 



