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NEW PUBLICATION 



Bird Life of North Carolina 's Shining Rock Wilderness is the 

 most recent release in the Occasional Papers of the North Carolina 

 Biological Survey series published by the North Carolina State Museum 

 of Natural Sciences. Written by Marcus B. Simpson, Jr., M.D., of the 

 George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 

 the work summarizes the geomorphology, climate, vegetation, and 

 ornithological exploration of the wilderness area and presents an annotated 

 list of 130 species known to occur within its boundaries. Illustrations 

 include a map of Shining Rock Wilderness and adjacent Middle Prong 

 Wilderness, both managed by the United States Forest Service, an 

 agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The 32-page soft- 

 cover book sells for $5 postpaid. Send orders to: Publications Secretary, 

 N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, P.O. Box 29555, Raleigh, 

 NC 27626-0555. Make checks payable (in U.S. dollars only) to Museum 

 Extension Fund. 



DATE OF MAILING 



Brimleyana 20 was mailed on 5 August 1994. 



