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be properly designated as a specie or 

 sub-specie of geographical race though 

 in color, habits and general appear- 

 ance indistinguishable from others of 

 the same race, appears to the writer 

 to be simply bosh. 



A Mare's Nest 

 The Auk for October 1918 (page 491) 

 gives the startling news that Dr. Grin- 

 nell and Dr. Oberholser have dis- 

 covered another "Mare's Nest." The 

 uses supposed to be in this much 

 sought for and seldom found location 

 appears to be a collection of more or 

 less intelligible and much missed 

 Latin named designations of the known 

 Barn Swallow. Everybody knows the 

 Barn Swallow by its proper name, a 

 name which has stood the test of time 

 practically secure in the description of 

 the bird in America, but this unfortu- 

 nate avian specimen in the so-called 

 "Scientific World" has been masquer- 

 ading under the various Latin names, 

 designations and non de plumes. We 

 are glad to learn that they are all now 

 gathered together in one nest which 

 has at last been found by our friend 

 for the Barn Swallow and extend our 

 sympathy to the suffering everyday 

 bird in whom appears to be on the 

 verge of another application of 

 columns and pages untold of more or 

 less abstruse, unprinted matter relat- 

 ing to the Latin name of a bird which 

 is known to all of us by its old- 

 fashioned, every-day American name. 



The Condor 

 The Condor, XX page 150, Septem- 

 ber 1918 contains a very readable 

 article illustrated by eight half tones 

 on the subject of the nesting of the 

 Mountain Plover by C. W. Bradbury, 

 of Denver. The subject is well treat- 

 ed and well illustrated and is a sub- 

 stantial contribution to our knowledge 

 of the habit's of this rapidly disappear- 

 ing bird. 



An Autobiography of Frank Stevens 

 by himself accompanied by a first- 

 class half tone likeness, — Evidence 

 That Many Birds Are Mated for Life, 

 by our friend Frank Willard, who 

 never writes anything that is not well 

 worth perusal — Part I of By a Return 

 to the Dakota Lake Region by Florence 

 Bailey — Some Oceanic Birds from off 

 the Coasts of Washington and Van- 

 couver Ids., by Stanley Warburton 

 and one half tone in a description of 

 a new sub-species of Cyanohemus 

 Clemenciae by Harry C. Oberholser — 

 Some Summer Birds of Alert Bay, B. 

 C by P. A. Tavener being a list of 

 some fory species, also the usual 

 "From Field and Study Notes," as 

 well as an editorial referring to the 

 Federal Permits required to collect 

 Canadian birds and nests and eggs 

 for scientific purposes and minutes of 

 the meeting of the Cooper Club. 



—Ed. 



Personal 



R. B. Overington, formerly of Mary- 

 land, is now collecting bird skins on 

 the head waters of the Darlington 

 River in Australia. 



Alek Walker of Hemlock, Ore., who 

 is well-known to the readers of The 

 Oologist, is now in France as a mem- 

 ber of the 45th C. A. C. Before leav- 

 ing he had the pleasure of inspecting 

 the library and collection of H. M. 

 Bailey, at NewDort News, Va. Walker 

 is a prince of Ornithology in our 

 opinion. 



Lieut. R. C. Harlow. 



Friend Harlow likewise is now in 

 the service as shown above. First at 

 Plattsburg, N. Y. and now at Blacks- 

 burg Br., Va., and he says: "You will 

 please convey to my Oologist friends 

 the fact that any apparent laxity in 

 answering correspondence is due to 

 the fact that T answered the call to 



