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sive and complete. The text does not 

 describe every known phrase of color, 

 nor deviations from the usual design. 

 All this verbiage is purposely left out, 

 and only the common type given. It 

 is left to our own field experience to 

 note the variations and additions which 

 only emphasize the common specimens 

 here submitted as the rule. I did riot 

 think before this excellent handbook 

 that uncolored plates of eggs could so 

 perfectly represent the object sought to 

 be figured. The reproductions show 

 the most suitable selections from a very 

 large series. The photographs are so 

 good that any water colorist with a 

 touch or two of a brush to these cuts 

 could show us the egg itself to the life. 

 As it is, every species is at once recog- 

 nized without the accompanying text 

 and color guide. C. L. R. 



Norwich Bulletin (Conn.) 



Albino Robins. 



lected June 3, 1902 by H. F. Duprey at 

 Bodega, Califoania. Two of the eggs 

 in this set are Brewers Blackbird, the 

 other egg is a typical one of California 

 Shrike and unquestionably laid by 

 that bird. Since description of nest 

 calls for mud, the Shrike must have 

 been the intruder. 



The display of eggs of Pennsylvania 

 birds in Agricultural building at St. . 

 Louis was loaned by J. Warren Jacobs 

 whose exhibit at Chicago attracted 

 much attention. 



On June 7, 1901, Mr. E. W. Springer 

 of- Owatonna, Minn, took a double 

 (two story) nest of Yellow Warbler 

 the lower story containing two eggs of 

 Warbler and two of Cowbird and the 

 upper one six eggs of Warbler and two 

 of Cowbird. This is the largest nest- 

 ful ever brought to my notice. The 

 set was lightly marked. 



On or about April 15, 1904 a pair of 

 Robins (Merula migratoria) arrived 

 here from the south and took up their 

 summer home in a large field sur- 

 rounded with fir and small spruce 

 bushes. The male bird is pure snow- 

 white, while the female has a lovely 

 pink breast but is white otherwise. 

 This is the first pair of albinos that 

 ever came under my notice. A beauti- 

 ful albino crow was taken here last 

 summer. 



S. G. Jewett, 

 Fredericton, N. B., 

 Canada. 



EDITORIAL. 



The Person depicted in our frontis- 

 piece is in good company 



All subscribers, except his personal 

 acquaintances, are invited to guess 

 his name. 



Laying in another bird's nest. 

 Data. Brewers Blackbird, set %, col- 



REVIEW. 



"The making of an Herbarium',' by 

 Willard N. Clute, Editor of "The Fern 

 Bulletin" published by Chas. D. 

 Pendell, Binghamton, N. Y. The 

 sub-title of this work "A complete 

 guide as to methods of procedure and 

 requirements" accurately describes 

 this well written illustrated pamphlet 

 which should be in the hand of all be- 

 ginners in botany. The price, only 

 25c, puts it within reach of all. 



Publications Received. 



American Ornithology, Vol. IV, 

 No. 7. 



Nature study, Vol. XIII, No. 7. 



Bulletin of the Michigan Ornith- 

 ological Club, Vol. V, No. 2. The 

 Amateur Naturalist, Vol. I. No. 4. 

 Condor, Vol. VI, No. 4.. 



