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office during 1916. The need of more assist- 

 ance in the performance of his duties is 

 keenly felt and an appeal for additional 

 trained help is made. It is to be hoped that 

 the Commonwealth which Mr. Porbush has 

 so faithfully served for these many years 

 will see fit to give him the necessary in- 

 crease in his staff, so that in the future he 

 may carry on in increased measure the work 

 of education which he has done so well in 

 the past. — Tracy I. Stoker, 



A List of Avian Species for which the 

 Type Locality is South Carolina. By 

 Arthur Trezevant Wayne. (=Contribu- 

 tions from the Charleston Museum, III, 

 Charleston, South Carolina, 1917 (our copy 

 received April 25), pp. i-vi, 1-8. 



No less than seventy-six names are here 

 catalogued of species of birds first discov- 

 ered in South Carolina, affording good basis 

 for the author's claim of his state's pre-emi- 

 nence in this regard. Fifty-seven names are 

 founded upon descriptions in Catesby's Nat- 

 ural History of Carolina, Florida, and the 

 Bahama Islavids (1731 — 1748), seven are dis- 

 coveries of Audubon's, and the rest are di- 

 vided among several other authors. 



Manner of treatment is as follows: First 

 the current name of the species as it ap- 

 pears in the A. O. U. Check-List, Latin and 

 English, with the authority; this is followed 

 by the citation of the original account. 

 Catesby's long, descriptive names are given 

 in full, but not those applied by Linnaeus to 

 Catesby's species. Similarly, with other au- 

 thors, while the descriptions are cited, there 

 are no entries of the names used by the de- 

 scribes. 



Such papers as this are, of course, of great 

 value in many ways, and of intense interest 

 from the historical side. South Carolina of- 

 fers a peculiarly rich field in the latter re- 

 gard, with Catesby's early work in the re- 

 gion, and Audubon and Bachman in later 

 years. The extent of their activities within 

 the state are outlined in the introduction, 

 but too briefly to be satisfactory. It is to be 

 regretted that the author did not go more 

 into detail in this regard, for his conclusions 

 in many instances differ from those of pre- 

 viously accepted authorities, and a fuller ac- 

 count might be explanatory of his reasons. 

 For many of the species which he ascribes 

 unequivocally to South Carolina, the A. O. U. 

 Check-List gives type localities as possibly 

 Carolina, but with an alternative of some 

 other region, there having evidently been 

 doubt in the matter; in some few cases there 

 is flat disagreement between the Check-List 



and Mr. Wayne. In all these instances it 

 would have added much to the value of the 

 paper to have given the steps by which the 

 author's conclusions were reached. 



"More birds have been made known to 

 science from South Carolina than from any 

 other state except California. Indeed, of 

 valid species South Carolina has nearly 

 twice as many as California, the great ma- 

 jority credited to the latter state being 

 merely subspecies." Without wishing in 

 any way to dim the glory of South Caro- 

 lina's claim, we cannot help commenting 

 upon the curious implication as regards the 

 relative "importance" of species and sub- 

 species. 



Typographically the paper is excellent, 

 showing in every detail the results of skilled 

 and careful editorial work. — H. S. Swartii. 



Pets | their History and Care | by Lee 



S. Crandall I | with illustrations from 



life | [Vignette] | New York | Henry Holt 

 and Company; 372 pp., illustrated. Price 

 $2.00. Our copy received May 8, 1917. 



The book here reviewed is dedicated by 

 the author "To my parents who endured 

 much from a pet-loving son." All parents 

 of pet-loving sons should find solace in the 

 carefully written pages in this book. Mr. 

 Crandall, the author, is assistant curator 

 of birds in the New York Zoological Park 

 and every one who has seen the many 

 healthy and contented birds living under his 

 charge will accept his recommendations as 

 authoritative. 



The book is divided into four sections, 

 the first dealing with the care of the do- 

 mesticated mammals which are usually 

 kept as pets, with descriptions of the differ- 

 ent breeds, and with suggestions for the 

 care of such small wild animals as are apt 

 to find their way into the custody of the 

 small boy. The second section includes the 

 birds. Their general care is considered, 

 foods, diseases, and types of cages or avia- 

 ries. Brief descriptions are given of the 

 many foreign and native song birds which 

 are most frequently kept as pets, as well as 

 the domesticated pigeons, parrots and ban- 

 tams. 



Snakes, lizards, alligators, turtles, frogs 

 and toads are so kindly dealt with in the 

 third section that one almost believes that 

 the youngster who yearns for their compan- 

 ionship shows much better judgment than 

 does the adult who spurns them. 



The last section is devoted to the care 

 and maintenance of the home aquarium; 

 and a list of desirable tenants is given, to- 



