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Birds of Madison County, New York. By George Charles 

 Embody, B. S. (Presented as a thesis for the degree of Master 

 of Science, Colgate University, 1901.) 



This is a careful and intelligent list of 192 species and sub- 

 species, a number of which are quite rare. Black-capped Petrel, 

 American Scoter, Black Brant, Knot, Hudsonian Godwit, Red- 

 bellied Woodpecker, Nelson's and Acadian Sharp-tailed Spar- 

 rows, Plumbeous Vireo, Orange-crowned and Hooded Warblers ; 

 and is followed by a hypothetical list of 16 more species of which 

 no satisfactory records have been made, but by reason of their 

 occurrence in neighboring counties, future observations may re- 

 veal them. Based chiefly upon five or six years' active field 

 work by the author, supplemented by all other data obtainable, 

 an extremely creditable paper has resulted; one that will require 

 little correction in the future. The description of the physical 

 conditions, vegetation, etc., of the district, furnish the facts from 

 which we can more than surmise the reason of the scarcity or 

 abundance of certain species. The author is to be congratulated 

 upon the appearance of his paper, and also upon his able assist- 

 ants, whose aid and suggestions he so generously acknowledges. — 

 F. L. B. 



Proceedings of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, at 

 its Second Annual Meeting, Omaha, Neb., January 12, 1901. 



Although young as an organization, the Nebraska Ornithologists' 

 Union exhibits every mark of being among the foremost of State 

 Associations in active field work. The proceedings are preserved 

 in a substantial volume of one hundred pages and ten plates. In 

 addition to the matter belonging strictly to the organization- 

 abstract of minutes, constitution and by-laws, list of members, 

 and President Trostler's address— one of the most important pa- 

 pers is by Prof. Lawrence Brunei', on "Birds in Their Relation to 

 Agriculture." Superintendent Wilson Tout offers some sensible 

 suggestions in relation to "Ornithology in Schools." "A Late Nest 

 of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird," by Frank I. Shoemaker, 

 and "Young Rose-breasted Grosbeaks," by Elizabeth Van Sant, 

 are interesting accounts of young in nest. The oologist will be 

 pleased with "Notes on the Breeding of the Prothonotary War- 

 bler, and Observations on Traill's Flycatcher," by M. A. Carri- 

 ker, Jr. ; "Breeding Habits of Bell's Vireo," by Merrit Cary, and 

 "Birds that Nest in Nebraska," by Prof. Lawrence Bruner. Ed- 

 win H. Barbour touches upon "A Peculiar Disease of Birds' Feet 

 Observed in Central Nebraska," and Henry B. Ward on "The 

 Internal Parasites of Nebraska Birds." On "Migration Records 

 and Our Nebraska Records," R. H. Wolcott unfolds a scheme 

 for the "accurate numerical valuation of terms relating to the 

 abundance of species and for an accurate and uniform method of 



