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calendar year 1898, for example, sixty-one separate publications 

 were issued by the different State experiment stations, either 

 devoted entirely to matter on economic entomology, or contain- 

 ing articles upon the subject, the total number of pages on applied 

 entomology reaching nearly 1400. During the same period 

 nineteen separate publications on economic entomology were 

 issued by the Department of Agriculture, containing a total of 

 about 1000 printed pages." A notice of some of the principal 

 workers is given, and excellent photographs of Asa Fitch, Town- 

 end Glover, T. W. Harris, B. D. Walsh, and C. V. Riley will be 

 welcomed by many entomologists ; while " Remedies " will be 

 valued by the agriculturist. 



Mr. T. S. Palmer has written "A Review of Economic 

 Ornithology in the United States." The history of American 

 ornithology may be traced back to the middle of the sixteenth 

 century, though a great starting point may be established by the 

 publication of Catesby's ' Nat. Hist, of Carolina, Florida,' &c, 

 in 1731-43. A host of well-known names can be recalled since 

 that time, but it appears to be only about the year 1850 that 

 economic ornithology attracted attention. " As a result of 

 fourteen years' work, the Biological Survey has brought together 

 a collection of about 32,000 bird stomachs, of which some 14,000 

 have been examined. This article constitutes a fund of infor- 

 mation respecting the destruction of birds by excessive egg 

 collection, and by the demand for feathers established by 

 feminine vanity. 



Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. xviii. for 1898. 

 Washington : Government Printing Office. 



This is really a lovely quarto volume, with its exquisite views 

 of Alaskan lakes and scenery, and is a storehouse of information 

 on many branches of economic ichthyology. A large section is 

 devoted to "The Salmon and Salmon Fisheries of Alaska," and 

 this portion is, apart from its zoological information, a practical 

 guide to the waterways of the country. The account of " The 

 Southern Spring Mackerel Fishery of the United States " is 

 replete with interest, and is written by Mr. Hugh M. Smith. 

 The schools of Mackerel usually approach the coast of the United 



