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about until the old bird is flushed, 

 then to listen for that scarcely aud- 

 ible "Peep," "Peep" of the little fel- 

 low! They do not move far during 

 the first few days of existence and 

 one is pretty safe in supposing that 

 they are in the nesting field. They 

 are such wonderful little creations, 

 one is drawn back many times for 

 that last sight of them. I remember 

 how I found myself going back to the 

 field day after day in the early morn- 

 ing — dawn — you know the time, and 

 the sensation; when the Robins are 

 just beginning to call? 



I am not prepared to tell more here, 

 as my data are as yet meagre, but I 

 am looking forward to the coming 

 season and the nesting of the Quail 

 with eagerness, when perhaps fortune 

 will favor my notebook. 



Paul G. Howes. 



Books Received 



"Spencer Fullerton Baird, a bio- 

 graphy including selections from his 

 correpondence with Audubon and 

 others, by William Healey Dall, Am. 

 DCS with 19 illustrations, Philadel- 

 phia and London, J. P. Lippincott & 

 Company." 



This contribution to the biography 

 of one of America's most eminent 

 scientists is a well gotten up 460 page 

 review of the life of this splendid 

 man. Chapters are devoted — 1 to 

 Geneological Family notes; 2 Child- 

 hood & Youth; 3 Life at Carlisle; 4 

 The Young Professor; 5 Smithsonian 

 Institution; 6 Life in Washington; 

 7,1850 to 1865; 8, 1865 to 1878; 9 

 The Secretary 1878 to 1887; 10 The 

 United States National Museum; 11 

 United States Commission of Fish 

 and Fisheries; 12 Appreciations. And 

 in these various chapters the history 

 of Spencer Fullerton Baird is followed 

 through his entire life; much new 

 and interesting matter is produced 



and much other matter relating to 

 this scientific is presented in a new 

 light. 



Professor Dall is to be congratulat- 

 ed upon the thoroughness with which 

 he has covered this subject. To all 

 bird men and students of American 

 Ornithology Baird is a sort of God- 

 father and we are certain, they will 

 be pleased with this addition relating 

 to his useful life. 



CASSINIA— "Proceedings of the 

 Deleware Valley Ornithological Club 

 of Philadelphia 1918 issued April 

 1919." No publication that comes to 

 the desk of the Editor is received with 

 more pleasure than Cassinia,; first, 

 because it deserves it, second, because 

 without being able to explain why, we 

 have formed a feeling for this publi- 

 cation, a sort of personal attachment. 

 This present issue No. XXII contains 

 further notes on the Biography of 

 John Cassin — Observations of Dan- 

 daeris Hesselius on the National His- 

 tory of Deleware during the years 

 1711-24— Activities of the D. V. O. C — 

 Report on the Spring Migration of 

 1918. This latter is compiled by 

 Whitmore Stone and is a very care- 

 ful resume of the subject — Abstract 

 of the proceedings of the D. V. O. C. 

 for 1918 — Club notes — a Bibliography 

 1918 and a list of the officers and 

 members of this Club. While not as 

 large as former issues, the standard 

 of excellence both mechanically and 

 scientifically heretofore attained by 

 this publication is well sustained in 

 this issue. 



CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 

 Vol 5 Number 2, Sacramento, Cali- 

 fornia, April 1919. This is one of the 

 really useful publications received by 

 the Editor and is filled from cover to 

 cover with suggestions for the con- 

 servation of wild life, game, birds and 

 fish and contains many desirable 



