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which four specimens were obtained near 

 Golden, May 2, Holly, May 16, and 

 Granby, October 7; but in no case is the 

 year given, and the records aie conse- 

 quently incomplete. 



In the minutes of the Cooper Club 

 meetings appears a report made by a 

 committee to the Southern Division, on 

 March 28, on certain proposed amendments 

 to the game laws for southern California. 

 The report includes open seasons and bag 

 limits for the various game birds, and 

 recommends a two-year close season for 

 Ibis, Avocets, Stilts, Godwits, Yellow-legs, 

 Willets, Curlew, Mountam and Black- 

 bellied Plover, and indefinite protection 

 for Phalaropes, Dowitchers, Snowy Plover 

 and certain other Warblers. If orni- 

 thologists elsewhere would make similar 

 recommendations in a way to reach the 

 great body of sportsmen, the question 

 of 'seasons' in our game laws might be 

 placed on a more logical and satisfactory 

 basis. — T. S. P. 



Book News 



Birds and Nature Study, a Pamphlet 

 for the Use of Teachers,' by Gilbert H. 

 Trafton, is a mine of practical information 

 from which teachers cannot fail to draw 

 valuable suggestions. It can be obtained 

 from John C. Coulter, Bloomington, 111., 

 at ten cents per copy. 



The Alabama Bird Day Book, pre- 

 pared by J. H. Wallace, Jr., State Game 

 and Fish Commissioner, and issued by 

 the Departments of Fish and Game at 

 Montgomery, is a model publication 

 which reflects credit alike on its compiler 

 and the State under the auspices of which 

 it appears. It contains 64 pages of well- 

 selected material and eight colored plates, 

 and should exercise a most potent influence 

 in arousing an interest in birds and bird 

 study in Alabama. 



The Arbor and Bird Day Annual of 

 Wisconsin is, as usual, an elaborate and 

 well-conceived publication in which, 



among other things of interest and value 

 to bird students, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. 

 Mitchell present the sixth in their series 

 of biographies of Wisconsin birds. The 

 yearly appearance of this admirable 

 manual is, no doubt, in a large measure 

 responsible for the widespread interest in 

 birds which exists in Wisconsin. 



An effective address, by Dr. William 

 Fremont Blackman, president of the 

 Florida Audubon Society on 'The Econo- 

 mic Value of Birds to Farmers and Fruit 

 Growers,' and delivered by him before the 

 Florida State Agricultural Society, has been 

 printed in pamphlet form by the Audubon 

 Society, from which it may be obtained 

 at Maitland, Florida. 



In No. 8 of Vol. 7 of the 'Museum News' 

 of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and 

 Sciences, Mr. R. C. Murphy presents 

 a nominal list, mainly on the authority 

 of Dr. E. W. Vietor, of the 147 species of 

 birds which have been observed in Pros- 

 pect Park, Brooklyn. 



A PAMPHLET by Alexander Walker 

 and Eugene C. Ford, describing the 

 habits of 32 of the common birds of 

 Douglas County, South Dakota, seems 

 well-adapted to achieve the authors' 

 purpose of arousing an interest in birds 

 in the school children of the region in 

 question. It may be obtained from the 

 authors, apparently at Armour, S. D. 



Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador' is an 

 eloquent, informing and convincing address 

 presented bj' Lt. Colonel William Wood 

 before the second annual meeting ot the 

 Canadian Commission of Conservation, 

 at Quebec, in January, 191 1. Copies 

 of it may be obtained from Colonel Wood, 

 at 59 Grande Allee, Quebec. 



Some Notes on the Summer Birds of 

 Southwestern Nebraska,' by M. H. Swenk 

 and J. T. Zimmer, treats of 53 species 

 and appears in pages 39-49 of Part 4 of 

 Volume 5 ot the Proclamation of the 

 Nebraska Ornithologists' Union. 



