Publications Received 209 



1911-12, and one from tlie Smithsonian African Expedition collec- 

 tion, 1909-10, under the direction of Col. Theodore Roosevelt." All 

 were collected by the author. Two are new species and three sub- 

 species. L. J. 



Notes on the Occurrence and Nesting of Certain Birds in Rhode 

 Island. By Harry S. Hathaway. Reprinted from The Auk, Vol. 

 XXX, No. 4, Oct. 1913. 



" During the interval which has elapsed since the publication of 

 the ' Birds of Rhode Island ' by Howe and Sturtevant in 1899, and 

 the supplement thereto in 1903, many records of rare and interest- 

 ing birds have accumulated and are herewith published as a con- 

 tribution to our knowledge of the avifauna of this state. The West- 

 ern Willet, Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, Evening Grosbeak, and 

 Nelson's Sparrow have been added to tihe list of birds of the state. 

 The Breeding of Henslow's Sparrow, Black-throated Blue Warbler, 

 Pine Warbler, Water-Thrush, Winter Wren, and Hermit Thrush has 

 been established, while an increase in niunbers of the Laughing 

 Gull, Common Tern, Sparrow Hawk and Carolina Wren has been 

 noted." L. J. 



THE ONTARIO NATURAL SCIENCE BULLETIN, No. 8, 1913. 



In an article entitled " Conditions Against Whicli Bird Life is 

 Contending, by Mr. Fred Mitchell, the Pileated Woodpecker and Win- 

 ter Wren are mentioned as having entirely disappeared from the 

 region. The forces mentioned as operating to decrease the bird 

 life are the destruction of forests, the red squirrel, bird dogs al- 

 lowed to run wild, and the destruction of nests 'and birds by boys 

 and thoughtless men. A strong plea is made for the establishment 

 of real bird preserves, where the adverse conditions may be re- 

 duced to a minimum. l, j. 



BLUE-BIRD, FORMERLY NATURE AND CULTURE. 



This much improved Ohio Audubon Monthly, under the editorial 

 management of Dr. Eugene Swope, migrates regularly from 4 West 

 Seventh Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. It is one of the best magazines 

 devoted to the Audubon Society cause. The slight confusion re- 

 garding the number of the volume which seems to ihave been in- 

 cident to the change of name will doubtless be remedied. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL JOURNALS. 



The Auk. The July and October issues have appeared since this 

 journal was noticed in these pages. Of the ten articles in the July 

 number the leading article by Witmer Stone, " Bird Migration Rec- 



