504 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. 
June.s.and August 29, and notes on the nests and eggs of about 
twenty-four common species. ‘There are sixteen excellent plates 
made from photographs of the nests and eggs. The list will be of 
particular value to western ornithologists, but it is also of interest to 
those in the East who care to learn something of the western repre- 
sentatives of some of our eastern forms. 
"The Proceedings of the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union at its Second 
Annual Meeting, held in Omaha, Jan. 12, 1901; contains not only 
a very creditable number of interesting papers, but gives evidence 
of an energy and ability among the leaders of the union that 
augur well for the future of ornithology in the state. The papers 
presented cover an unusually wide range ; they include an historical 
account of thé formation of the union ; ; a list of the breeding birds 
of the state ; accounts of the nesting of Bell's vireo ; accounts of 
young birds in captivity and in the nest ; a description of a peculiar 
disease of birds' feet, and an account of internal parasites of 
Nebraska birds; and papers dealing with methods of teaching 
bird study in schools and of keeping migration records. A short 
paper on the blue jay falls so far below the level of general excel- 
lence as to emphasize the serious tone of the other papers. The 
paper on Nebraska records gives assurance that the interesting 
problems of distribution which the position of the state presents 
will be worked out with care and patience. 
The Smithsonian lastiution publishes a reprint of E Oberbelsen s 
* Catalogue of a Collection of Humming Birds from Ecuador and 
Colombia," from the Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 
"The catalogue contains descriptions of one new species and three 
new subspecies, besides many of the collectors' field notes. 




