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little known, it is doubly welcome as a contribution to the subject of dis- 

 tribution. 



"Some Common Birds i?i their Relation to Agriculture" by F. E. L. 

 Beal, B. S., Assistant Orinthologist, Biological Survey, May, 1897. 

 Farmer's Bulletin No. 54, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. In 

 this Bulletin there are treated in their relation to agriculture, the Cuc- 

 koos, the Woodpeckers, Kingbird, Phoebe, Bluejay, Crow, Bobolink, 

 Red-winged Blackbird, Meadowlark, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Grackle, 

 the commoner Sparrows, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Swallows, Cedarbird, 

 Catbird, Brown Thrasher, House Wren and Bluebird. A statement of 

 the sorts of food eaten is based upon stomach contents of a sufficient 

 number of specimens to make the statement reliable. The object of the 

 bulletin is to show that while the species under consideration may seem 

 injurious sometimes, or may even be injurious to some extent, they are 

 on the whole, beneficial to the agriculturalist on account of the hordes of 

 noxious insects destroyed. The effort of our government to determine 

 the exact relation of the birds to agriculture is a laudable one, and the 

 conclusions reached may well be heeded. 



The Museum, Vol. Ill, Nos. 6 and 7, April and May, 1897, W. F' 

 Webb, Albion, N. Y. 



The Nidologist, Vol. IV, No. 5, April, 1897. H. R. Taylor, Alameda, 

 Calif. 



The Osfrey, Vol. I, No. 8, April, 1897. W. A. Johnson, Galesburg, 

 111. 



The Oologist, Vol. XIV, Nos. 4 and 5, April and May, 1897. F H - 

 Lattin, Albion, N. Y. 



Bulleti?i Oologist' 1 s Association, No. 1, March 15, 1897. 



The Fern Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 2, April, 1897. W. N. Clute, Bing- 

 hamton, N. Y. 



The Observer, Vol. VIII, No. 5, May, 1897. E. F. Bigelow, Port- 

 land, Conn. 



The Microscopic Bulletin and Science News, Vol. XIV, No. 2, April, 

 I 897- Queen & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



\A/ A MTPH ! Clean, unbound back numbers of the Auk, and 

 VV i\l>l 1 LjLJ 1 Ornithologist a?id Oologist. Will pay good cash 

 prices for the right numbers. — Henry R. Buck, Wether sfield, Conn. 



