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Bird - Lore 



Dutcher, Founder and President of the 

 National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties."— T. G. P. 



Birds Collected or Observed on the 

 Expedition of the Alpine Club of 

 Canada to Jasper Park, Yellowhead 

 Pass, and Mount Robson Region. 

 By J. H. Riley, Special Number of 

 The Canadian Alpine Club Journal, 

 Sidney, Vancouver (Care of S. H. Mitch- 

 ell, Secretary -Treasurer.) 1912. Pp. 

 47-75- 



This paper is based on field work done 

 during July and August, 191 1, when, as 

 a member of the Alpine Club of Canada's 

 expedition, Mr. Riley, representing the 

 United States National Museum, was 

 given exceptional facilities to study the 

 bird-life of this heretofore little-known 

 part of Canada. 



His annotated list includes 78 species, 

 of which a Song Sparrow (Melospiza 

 melodia inexspectata) and a Fox Sparrow 

 (Passerella iliaca altivagans) are recog- 

 nized as new forms. The Willow Ptarmi- 

 gan was found with young, and the essen- 

 tially topotypical specimens taken of the 

 White-tailed Ptarmigan are believed, on 

 comparison, to indicate that a southern 

 (L. 1. altipetens) as well as northern (L. I. 

 peninsularis) form of this bird should be 

 recognized. Statements are made in con- 

 nection with several other species which 

 add to our knowledge of relationships 

 and distribution. 



Besides Mr. Riley's paper, there are 

 also papers on mammals (pp. 1-44) and 

 on reptiles and batrachians (pp. 45, 46), 

 by N. Hollister, and one on plants (pp. 

 76-97), by Paul C. Standley. There are 

 half-tones of localities and of specimens, 

 and a large-scale folding map by Arthur 

 O. Wheeler.— F. M. C. 



Abstract of the Proceedings of the 

 Linn^an Society of New York. 

 Nos. 20-23, f° r the years ending March 

 10, 1908; March 9, 1909; March 8, 1910, 

 and March 14, 1911. Date of issue, 

 February 8, 1913. 122 pp., xiv plates, 

 and a line cut. 



This is the first Linnaean Society pub- 

 lication since the Abstract that appeared 



in October, 1907. The Abstract proper 

 summarizes the business, etc., and also 

 the more important observations and the 

 papers offered at each meeting in the years 

 mentioned. This is followed by three illus- 

 trated articles of some length. "Bird's- 

 nesting in the Magdalen Islands," by P. 

 B. Philipp, tells of a midsummer trip he 

 and T. F. Wilcox made thither and to 

 Bird Rock, and of the birds there, many 

 of whose nests they found and photo- 

 graphed, often with the birds themselves. 

 A particularly interesting find was a pair 

 of Semipalmated Sandpipers, with their 

 nest and eggs; this species was not pre- 

 viously known to breed south of northern 

 Labrador. The same author contributes 

 "The Bird Colonies of Pamlico Sound," 

 describing a midsummer visit to them 

 with B. S. Bowdish, C. G. Abbott, and 

 H. H. Brimley. They studied colonies of 

 Laughing Gu Is, Royal, Common, and 

 Least Terns, and Black Skimmers, and 

 three pairs of Cabot's Terns. Together 

 these articles are illustrated by eighteen 

 excellent photographs of scenery and 

 bird life, and each is followed by a briefly 

 annotated list of all the birds observed — 

 fifty-five species at the Magdalens and 

 Bird Rock, and twelve about the islands 

 in Pamlico Sound. The third article is by 

 John Treadwell Nichols, and is "A List of 

 the Fishes [239 species] Known to Have 

 Occurred within Fifty Miles of New York 

 City," each with the briefest mention of 

 its abundance and season. There are good 

 drawings of ten species. — C. H. R. 



Field, Forest and Stream in Oklahoma. 

 being the 191 2 Annual Report of the 

 State Game and Fish Warden, John B. 

 Doolin, to the Governor of the State of 

 Oklahoma, the Honorable Lee Cruce. 

 Compiled by Frederick S. Barde. 1913. 

 159 pp. and numerous half-tone illus- 

 trations. 



This very readable and attractively 

 illustrated report is encouraging evidence 

 of the progress of wild-life protection in 

 Oklahoma. 



Among the chapters devoted to birds, 

 one contains a preliminary list of 227 

 species of known occurrence in the state. 



